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ТРИБАЛИ У ИСТОРИЈСКИМ ИЗВОРИМА

2022, ETHNO-CULTURAL ANNALS

Abstract

Abstract: During the end of the 19th, and the beginning of the 20th century, a number of scholars addressed the question of Triballi, a Paleo-Balkan tribe that inhabited parts of present-day Serbia and Bulgaria. The territories this tribe occupied are mentioned for the first time during the 6th century BC. Less than a century later, written sources testify on their expansion towards the south and the siege of Abdera. Soon after, they are coming to grips and were subdued by Macedonian kings. Weakened by clashes with Celts and other tribes, they finally collapse and diminish from the historical scene under Roman rule. The paper will present historical sources on the territory, relations with neighboring tribes, and the customs of Triballi between the 5th and the 1st century BC.