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Sitalces (reigned
431 -
424 BC) was one of the great kings of the
Thracian Odrysian state. He was the son of
Teres, and on the sudden death of his father in 431 BC succeeded to the throne. Sitalces enlarged his kingdom by successful wars, and it soon comprised the whole territory from
Abdera in the south to the mouths of the
Danube in the north, and from
Black Sea in the east to the sources of the
Struma in the west.
At the commencement of the
Peloponnesian war Sitalces entered into alliance with the
Athenians, and in
429 BC he invaded
Macedon (then ruled by
Perdiccas II) with a vast army that included 150,000 warriors from independent Thracian tribes (such as the
Dii) and
Paeonian tribes (
Agrianes,
Laeaeans). He was obliged to retire through failure of provisions.
Sitalces was killed in 424 by the Thracian
Triballi. He was succeeded on the Odrysian throne by
Seuthes.
Sitalk Peak on
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica is named for Sitalces.
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