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	Bisaltae - LoveToKnow 1911
		BISALTAE, a Thracian people on the lower Strymon (Struma; Karasu, "fl water"), in the district between Amphipolis and Heraclea Sintica on the east and Crestonice on the west.
		At the division of Macedonia into four districts by the Romans after the battle of Pydna (168) the Bisaltae were included in Macedonia Prima (Livy xlv.
		Their country was rich in figs, vines and olive trees; the silver mines in the mountain range of Dysorum brought in a talent a day to their conqueror Alexander.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bisaltae (225 words)

	BISALTAE - Online Information article about BISALTAE
		battle of Pydna (168) the Bisaltae were included in Macedonia Prima (See also:
		Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat.
		The Bisaltae are referred to by See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BISALTAE.html (404 words)

	Bisaltae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bisaltae were a Thracian people on the lower Strymon river, who gave their name to Bisaltia, the district between Amphipolis and Heraclea Sintica (the modern village of Zervokhori) on the east and Crestonice on the west.
		The Bisaltae are referred to by Virgil in connection with the treatment of the diseases of sheep.
		The fact that their eponym is said to have been the son of Helios and Ge points to a very early settlement in the district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bisaltae (213 words)

	BISCAY (VIZCAYA) - LoveToKnow Article on BISCAY (VIZCAYA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Under a separate king at the time of the Persian wars, they were annexed by Alexander I. (498-454 B.C.) to the kingdom of Macedonia.
		At the division of Macedonia into four districts by the Romans after the battle of Pydna (168) the Bisaltae were included in Macedonia Prima (Livy xlv.
		The Bisaltae are referred to by Virgil (Georgics, iii.
	87.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BI/BISCAY_VIZCAYA_.htm (1229 words)

	Ancient Macedonians and their Macedonian language
		Very curiously, on p.165, from the same source, Hammond describes how different tribes in Macedonia came in contact with Greeks and learned the Greek language.
		As Philip continued to build new cities in the areas east of Axius he was able to "plant new cities of Macedonians".
		Particularly important was the spread of the "Greek language" among the "inland barbarians" like Pelasgic Tyrsenoi, Bisaltae, Crestonians, and Edones who "learnt to speak Greek".
	www.mymacedonia.net /ancient/ancient.htm (3368 words)

	livy 45.27-33
		The provisions were as follows: first of all, the Macedonians were to be free, keeping their own cities and territories, enjoying their own laws, and electing annual magistrates; they were to pay to the Roman, people half the tax they had paid to their kings.
		The second district was to consist of the part bounded on the east by the River Strymon, excluding Heraclea Sintice and the Bisaltae - and on the west by the Axius, and was to include the Paeonians dwelling near the Axius on the east bank of the river.
		The first district enjoys many advantages; it has the Bisaltae, first- class fighting men (they live beyond the Nessus, in the neighborhood of the Strymon); it has crops of many kinds peculiar to the region, it has mines; and the strategic position of Amphipolis forms a barrier dosing all approaches into Macedonia from the east.
	www.u.arizona.edu /~afutrell/republic/livy45week9.html (2331 words)

	Strabo Geography 7 f36
		it, too, is situated in the country of the Bisaltae, and is a village about two hundred stadia distant from Amphipolis.
		And if one goes from Heracleia towards the north and the narrows through which the Strymon flows, keeping the river on the right, one has Paeonia and the region round about Doberus,The site of the city Doberus is uncertain (see Pauly-Wissowa, s.v.), though it appears to have been somewhere near Tauriana.
		Not only the Axius flows out of the country of the Paeonians, but also the Strymon, for it flows out of the country of the Agrianes through that of the Medi and Sinti and empties into the parts that are between the Bisaltae and the Odomantes.
	www.abu.nb.ca /courses/NTIntro/images/StraboPhil1.htm (240 words)

	Thracian Tribes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		It has the Bisaltae, first class fighting men (they live beyond the Nessus, in the neighbourhood of the Strymon)." The Bisaltae are often referred to as a source of Macedonian mercenaries, a Macedonian refuge, or as a place for Athenian colonisation.
		After Perseus had tried his only remaining hope, the possibility of getting help from the Bisaltae, and had sent envoys to them without success, he came before an assembly of the people, bringing with him his son Philip, with the intention of strengthening by his exhortations the resolution of the people of Amphipolis...
		All this he did by way of lightening the city of its mob of lazy and idle busybodies, rectifying the embarrassments of the poorer people, and giving the allies for neighgours an imposing garrison which should prevent rebellion.
	www.thrace.0catch.com /tribes_main.htm (10961 words)

	CoinArchives.com Search Results
		Greek Coins Thraco-Macedonian tribes, The Bisaltae No.: 172 Schätzwert/Estimation: CHF 10000.- d=32 mm Octodrachm circa 480, AR 27.95 g.
		GRIECHEN MAKEDONIEN THRAKO-MAKEDONISCHE STÄMME Objekt-Nr.: 109 BISALTAE Oktodrachme, (28,46 g.), nach 480 v.Chr.
		Greek Coins Bisaltae No.: 135 Schätzpreis - Estimate CHF 10000 d=35 mm Octodrachm circa 480, AR 29.07 g.
	www.coinarchives.com /a/results.php?results=100&search=bisaltae (162 words)

	Ancient coins of Macedon
		Perhaps a king of the Bisaltae or of the Edoni.
		This fresh influx of money, and the opening up of a new commercial route from Macedon to the Greek towns of the Thracian coast, by way of the valley of the Strymon, doubtless occasioned the change in standard from Babylonic to Phoenician, which now took place in the Macedonian currency.
		The specimens assignable to the latter part of his reign are much more refined in style, but as they are frequently without inscriptions it is in many cases impossible to draw a line between these and the coins of his successor Perdiccas.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/macedon.html (8124 words)

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