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Zoltes

PersonThracian or Geto-Thracian leader2nd century BCUnder review

A Thracian or Geto-Thracian leader, known for raids on the Greek fortresses of the Pontus Euxinus area. He appears in epigraphic sources linked to the conflicts between the Thraco-Dacian populations and the Greek city-states.

“He attacked the Greek fortresses and caused terror on the coasts of the Pontus Euxinus.”
— Greek inscriptions, reinterpreted

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