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Burebista He unifies the Thracian population from Hercinica[?] (today's Moravia in the West, to the Bug in the East and from Northern Carpathians to Southern Dionysopolis[?], choosing his capital (called Argedava[?] or Sargedava[?]) near Costesti[?] (the Orastie[?] hills - see Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains). On the South of Danube, the Proconsul[?] of the province of Macedonia, the general Varro Lucullus, during the second Mithridatic War[?] (74 BC-72 BC) occupies the Greek cities on the West coast of Black Sea from Apollonia[?] to the Danube Delta. The Greek inhabitants of the conquered cities ask Burebista to help and the Roman army of Antonius Hybrida[?] is defeate near Histria[?] and the Greek cities of Tomis, Calatis[?], Dionysopolis[?] and Apollonia[?] agree to be part of Burebista's kingdom. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bu/Burebista.html   (362 words)

Burebista   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) He unifies the Thracian population from Hercinica[?] (today's Moravia in the West, to the Bug in the East and from Northern Carpathians to Southern Dionysopolis[?], choosing his capital (called Argedava[?] or Sargedava[?]) near Costesti[?] (the Orastie[?] hills - see Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains). On the South of Danube, the Proconsul[?] of the province of Macedonia, the general Varro Lucullus, during the second Mithridatic War[?] (74 BC-72 BC) occupies the Greek cities on the West coast of Black Sea from Apollonia[?] to the Danube Delta. The Greek inhabitants of the conquered cities ask Burebista to help and the Roman army of Antonius Hybrida[?] is defeate near Histria[?] and the Greek cities of Tomis, Calatis[?], Dionysopolis[?] and Apollonia[?] agree to be part of Burebista's kingdom. www.fastload.org /bu/Burebista.html   (400 words)

Dionysopolis, Ancient Coinage of, by Moushmov Number Severus Alexander AE 21 mm of Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior. Julia Mamaea Æ 20mm 2-assaria of Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior. Gordian III Æ Pentassarion of Dionysopolis in Thrace. www.wildwinds.com /moushmov/dionysopolis.html   (1025 words)

[No title] The town was shortly conquered from the army of Polish King Wladislaw III Jagelo Warnenchik (1443/44) and the Ukrainian Cossacks (1604). The town was built in accordance with all requirements of the ancient military and civil construction, it had water-supply system, a catch-water drain and a number of temples and public buildings were erected. During the reign of emperor Justinian (527 - 565) Dionysopolis passed a period of rapid progress. www.balchikinfo.org /balchiki.html   (3220 words)

Burebista Burebista, the greatest king of Dacia, ruled between 70 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercinica (today's Moravia) in the West, to the Bug in the East and from Northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis, choosing his capital (called Argedava or Sargedava) near Costesti (the Orastie hills - see Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains). The real name of Burebista was lost, but his fame was evoked by the Greek writers, known under the name of Bu-ere-bu-ist-as ("the one that is not"). encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/b/bu/burebista.html   (389 words)

Burebista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Greek inhabitants of the conquered cities asked Burebista for help and the Roman army of Gaius Antonius Hybrida was defeated near Histria. The Greek cities of Tomis, Calatis, Dionysopolis and Apollonia then agreed to become part of Burebista's kingdom. Burebista continued his incursion in the region, conquering the Celtic Aliobrix (Cartal, southern Bessarabia, now part of Ukraine), Tyras and Odessos. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burebista   (290 words)

Bulgaria Business Information Center - Properties - Vehicles - Tourist Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) A text devoted to Polixen, one of the creditors of Dionysopolis who belonged to the ancient Messambrian dynasty Melsios, tells how the Messambrian though being in a period of hard times allotted a large sum of money to help its economy and construct one of the first gymnasiums along the western Black Sea coast. A third inscription (1st century BC) confirms that Dionysopolis was a highly developed centre of the past closely affected by the battles for obtaining predominance in the southeast between Roma and Burebista as well as by the attempts of the five towns (Pentapolis) to derive large financial benefits. An important characteristic of the economic independence of the town was the presence of a mint producing coins until the middle of the third century AD Then during the reign of emperor Gordian III a number of administrative changes took place in the empire. www.can-bulgaria.com /interest.php   (2295 words)

[No title] She is the great goddess of Hierapolis, Leto or Mother Leto, who was worshipped also beyond the mountains at Dionysopolis, just as the 'Mother of Sipylos' was the tutelary deity both of Smyrna on the south and of Magnesia on the north of Mount Sipylos. The religion was not in keeping with the facts of life; and in the general change of circumstances and education that accompanied the growth of Roman organization in the country, the minds of men were stimulated to thought and ready for new ideas. Dionysopolis especially shows a type of religion that agrees in the names and probably in the minutest details with that of Hierapolis; and everything that we shall have to say of the former may, no doubt, be taken as applying to the latter. ccat.sas.upenn.edu /gopher/other/courses/rels/735/anatolia/Ramsay3   (14269 words)

Dobrogea - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) This land was inhabited since ancient times by Dacians. In the 7th and 6th century BC several Greek colonies were founded here including Tomis, Histria, Callatis, Dionysopolis and Olbia to facilitate trade with locals. The area was controlled by the Scythians in the 5th century BC and then, in the 1st century BC, by the Romans as part of Moesia, under the name Scythia Minor. www.open-encyclopedia.com /Dobrogea   (213 words)

Thracians - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) This was to punish them for their cowardice. Burebista was a king of Dacia between 70 BC-44 BC who united under his rule Thracians in a large teritory, from today's Moravia in the West, to the Bug river (Ukraine) in the East, and from Northern Carpathians to Southern Dionysopolis. Orpheus, in Greek legend, was the chief representative of the art of song and playing the lyre, and of great importance in the religious history of Greece. www.open-encyclopedia.com /Thracians   (320 words)

Anachronism CCG (6th release) Romanian Warriors Pack: Burebista - IconUSA.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) He unified the Thracian population from the Hercinica river (today's Moravia) in the west, to the Bug in the east and from Northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis, choosing his capital (called Argedava or Sargedava) near Costesti, now in South-Western Romania (the Orastie hills - see Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains). The real name of Burebista was lost, but his fame was evoked by the Greek writers, known under the name of Byrebistas. The Greek cities of Tomis, Calatis, Dionysopolis and Apollonia then agreed to become part of Burebista's kingdom. www.iconusa4.com /online/anachronism_ccg_wp_Burebista.htm   (294 words)

Bulgaria Hotels, Tours, Excursion, Rent a Car, Flights, Travel and Tourism in Bulgaria This region was part of Romania between the First and the Second World wars and has long been associated with the romantic Queen Marie. Founded by Ionian Greeks in the 6th century B.C. and originally known as Krunoi (springs) the town was later named Dionysopolis. According to a legend a storm washed up a wooden statue of Dionisius, God of wine and feasts, which the locals took as a sign to build a temple and to change the name of the town to honor the god. www.destinationbulgaria.bg /balchik1.htm   (631 words)

Balchik - Destination Guide - Hotel Near   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Founded by the Milesians in the sixth century BC and named Krounoi ("The Springs"), the town was a valued haven for Greek merchants attempting to pass the treacherous waters around Cape Kaliakra, as well as an important centre for viniculture - hence its later name, Dionysopolis, honouring the god of the vine. By the sixth century AD, the harbour had silted up, and the Turks were subsequently to dub the town Balchik, or "Town of Clay". The iconostasis is decorated with pictures by itinerant artists from Galichnik in western Macedonia, and there's a splendid gold-suffused portrait of the saint himself, patron of seafarers, on the left side of the nave as you enter. hotelnear.com /1381/1388/4170g/Bulgaria-Balchik-Destination_Guide.html   (475 words)

Ancient coinage of Phrygia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Dionysopolis occupied a fertile district on the south bank of the upper Maeander, by which its territory was separated from the κοινον of the Hyrgaleis (Ramsay, C. This points to the year A.D. 152-3 as the era from which Dionysopolis reckoned its years. These people occupied part of the modern Chal-ova in the bend of the upper Maeander between the territory of Dionysopolis on the west and the plain of Peltae on the east. www.snible.org /coins/hn/phrygia.html   (9391 words)

Untitled Third in significance Bulgarian port after Varna and Burgas, used for medium-size passenger and trade vessels. It springs to life towards the end of the 6th C. as the ancient Greek colony Crunoi (later Dionysopolis) in place of a Chalcolithic (4th-3rd millennium B.C.) and a Thracian (1st millennium B.C.) settlement. The exceptional view of the town from the sea impressed the great Ovid who exclaimed: "O white stone town, I salute thee for thy inimitable beauty!". goldeneye.tcinbg.net /house82.htm   (287 words)

Encyclopedia: Dacia Dacian Kingdom, during the rule of Burebista, 82 BC He unified the Thracian population from Hercinica (todays Moravia) in the West, to the Bug in the East and from Northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis, choosing his capital... Besides Zalmoxis, the Dacians believed in other deities such as Gebeleizis. Indeed the Dacians appeared so formidable that Caesar contemplated an expedition against them; something his death prevented. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dacia   (7650 words)

Burebista Information The Greek inhabitants of the conquered cities asked Burebista for help and the Roman army of Gaius Antonius Hybrida was defeated near Histria. The Greek cities of Tomis, Callatis, Dionysopolis and Apollonia then agreed to become part of Burebista's kingdom. Burebista continued his incursion in the region, conquering the Celtic Aliobrix (Cartal, southern Bessarabia, now part of Ukraine), Tyras and Odessos. www.bookrags.com /wiki/Burebista   (274 words)

Balchik information. properties for sale in Balchik, Bulgaria. Balchik property market information. Owing to its favourable location, Balchik is the third in significance Bulgarian port, after Varna and Bourgas. It springs to life towards the end of the 6th C. as the ancient Greek colony Crunoi (later Dionysopolis). After the Balkan War in 1913 it was included in the territories of Romania. www.biodar.net /bulgaria/Balchik.html   (347 words)

Venue Review Bulgaria News - Sofia Echo And it’s true; there are a number of now-channelled natural water outlets, the fountains now historic structures in themselves. After Krouni, it was called Dionysopolis, and in the Middle Ages its current name appeared, taken from the area feudal lord, Balik (sometime in the 13th/14th century). It wasn’t until after the Balkan war of 1913, when it became part of Romania, that Balchik started to become more known to the outside world. www.sofiaecho.com /news/venue-review/catid_73/brojid_324   (866 words)

session3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) J.-C., huit apoikiai (Istros, Apollonia, Odessos, Tyras, Mésambria, Callatis, Tomis et Dionysopolis), auxquelles s’ajoutent quelques autres établissements agraires ou commerciaux à statut encore sujet à caution (Orgamé, Nikonion, Anchialos, etc.). The regional network of roads, ports and fortification systems, preserved and developed according to Roman military and building theory and practice, provided also possibilities for the transport of the Roman military units between the Lower-Danube and the Eastern Limes. Until the end of the Principate the integrative functions of the region prevailed over its natural entropy and shaped the peculiarities of the coastal border zone, which gravitated administratively and economically towards the urban centres - Anchialus, Odessus, Dionysopolis, Mesambria and Apollonia. www.bilkent.edu.tr /~arkeo/blacksea/session3.htm   (2330 words)

Krampmacken, Gotland - Miklagård, Home Page A report of the first stage of the journey, from the mouth of the river Wisla in Poland to Drohiczyn near the Russian border, was issued in 1983. Thence we proceeded by way of the Danube through the Iron Gate almost to the source where we took " a short cut" over the Thracian Plateau (approximately 150 km of hauling) to the ancient Greek town of Dionysopolis (now Balchik) on the Black Sea coast (Yugoslavia - Rumania-Bulgaria). Following a difficult coastline we then continued southward to the Bosphorus (Turkey) and Istanbul - the ancient Miklagård of the Scandinavians. www.stavar.i.se /krampmak   (328 words)

BALTCHIK « Bulgaria « East Europe « Hotelrates.com Directory of hotels, ... It is located in Dobrich Oblast and is 42 km northeast of Varna. In classical antiquity it was the ancient Greek colony of Krunoi and later the Greek-Byzantine fortress Dionysopolis (after Dionysus). It the Middle Ages it was part of the Byzantine Empire (most of the times), tsar Samuil's Bulgarian Empire, Golden Horde, Second Bulgarian Empire, Principality of Karvuna and Wallachia, but its importance was eclipsed by the nearby town of Karvuna (Carbona). hotelrates.com /directory/east-central-europe/bulgaria/baltchik   (270 words)

Numismatikforum :: Thema anzeigen - Griechische Münzen von Dionysopolis, Thrakien Numismatikforum :: Thema anzeigen - Griechische Münzen von Dionysopolis, Thrakien In meiner homepage www.odophil.ch habe ich eine neue Seite über einige griechischen Münzen von Dionysopolis, Thrakien, hochgeladen. Vielleicht hat der eine oder andere Sammler so eine Münze in seinen Schubern liegen und weiss nicht wohin er sie zuordnen muss. www.numismatikforum.de /ftopic3829.html   (519 words)

Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery - Dionysopolis Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery - Dionysopolis Dionysopolis (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Tiberius71 viewsTime of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. Dionysopolis (AD 193-211) AE 27 - Time of Severus17 viewsQuasi-autonomous, Time of Severus, 193-211 AD, AE27 (7.64g). www.asiaminorcoins.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=171   (85 words)

Appian's History of Rome: The Illyrian Wars Lucullus, brother of that Licinius Lucullus who conducted the war against Mithridates , advanced against the Mysians and arrived at the river where six Greek cities lie adjacent to the Mysian territory, namely, Istrus, Dionysopolis, Odessus, Mesembria, Catalis, and Apollonia; from which he brought to Rome the great statue of Apollo which was afterward set up on the Palatine Hill. I have found nothing further done by the Roman republic as to the Mysians. www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_illyrian_6.html   (1027 words)

www.dacii.ro - A new perspective of Romanian ancient history - The Dacians - Burebista - Inscriptia de la Dionysopolis ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) www.dacii.ro - A new perspective of Romanian ancient history - The Dacians - Burebista - Inscriptia de la Dionysopolis (Balcic, Bulgaria) Burebista - Inscriptia de la Dionysopolis (Balcic, Bulgaria) Devenind apoi preot al Marelui Zeu, a savarsit cu pietate procesiunile si jertfele, iar din carnea jertfelor a impartit si cetatenilor. www.dacii.ro /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=19   (378 words)

Baltschik - die Weisse Stadt am Schwarzen Meer Der Weinanbau in Baltschik hat in der ganzen Region eine lange Tradition und ist bis ins fünfte Jahrhundert vor Christi nachweisbar. Zu der Ziet war die Baltschik - das man damals als Dionysopolis kannte - von Thrakern besiedelt. Der Name des Städtchens war eine Preisung des Gottes des Weines und der Fruchtbahrkeit (Dionysos). www.reise-reporter.de /2006/1/baltschik.html   (458 words)

2005 » November » Bulgaria Travel Guide In the 1913-1940 periods Balchik was under Romanian rule. The 2,600 year old Balchik (formerly known as the city of Dionysos - Dionysopolis) is a small but very romantic Bulgarian seaside town. It is located partly on the sea shore and partly on the Dobroudzha and the Frangen plateau. travelguide.bulgariantour.com /2005/11   (6979 words)

greece_olymp_dionysos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) F+ / AVF, dark green patina, finely styled w/ slight field luster and minor surface chips Ancient Greece, Dionysopolis (Phrygia), 2nd - 1st c. VF, glossy dark green almost fl patina, scarce www.rudnik.com /rudnik/greece/olymp/dionysos   (602 words)

Ancient Imports - Lot Info: #3723 aVF/aVFGordian III Provincial Bronze Pentassarion / Dionysopolis Ancient Imports - Lot Info: #3723 aVF/aVFGordian III Provincial Bronze Pentassarion / Dionysopolis Home » Lot Info: #3723 aVF/aVFGordian III Provincial Bronze Pentassarion / Dionysopolis You have 0 items in your shopping cart. www.ancientimports.com /cgi-bin/lotinfo.pl?id=3723   (57 words)

Tantalus - The Online Coin Registry Mar 9, 07 - Better specimen brought $87.00 at auction: DIONYSOPOLIS - Ancient city in Moesia Inferior that flourished in the 4th century BC under Alexander the Great. Later taken by Rome and finally fell to the barbarians. www.tantaluscoins.com /coins/24107.php   (89 words)

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