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349:. Items found inside included the golden wreath of the ruler, a golden kylix (shallow wine cup), greaves and a helmet, and applications for horse tackle, all exhibited in the historical museum of the town of Kazanlăk. Remarkable is the bronze head of the statue of Seuthes III buried ritually in front of the façade, which is quite detailed and realistic. It is considered important evidence for the Thracian
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marble door closes the entrance to the round chamber. The upper plains of the wings are decorated with images of the god
Dionysus, who in the east part embodies the sun and in the west the earth and night. The ritual couch was placed in the rectangular chamber. It was covered with fabric made of a golden thread. On two silver vessels and on the helmet the name of Seuthes (in the genitive case,
291:'s commander Pausanias, sent to the aid of Callatis and its allies. Despite his defeat at the hands of Lysimachus, Seuthes III appears to have preserved his autonomy and disappears from the narrative sources. It would appear that he settled for peace with Lysimachus, who finally subdued Callatis in 310 BC.
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is named as the son of a Teres on a gold ring from the tomb known as
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decree from 330 BC is also sometimes connected to
Seuthes III, with Reboulas and Cotys identified as sons of an early marriage (they are not among the fours sons of Seuthes III and Berenike attested at the end of his reign). The inscription, however, predates the first secure attestation of Seuthes
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Seuthes III after 313–312 BC comes from the so-called great inscription of Seuthopolis (IGBulg 3.2, 1731), tentatively dated to the 290s or 280s BC. It mentions Seuthes III in an unclear context (either still alive but possibly incapacitated or
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The tomb consists of a corridor, an anteroom, a round chamber with high tholos ceiling, and a rectangular chamber, constructed as a sarcophagus from two monolith blocks, one weighing more than 60 tons. The three halls are built of rectangular stone blocks and are covered with slabs. A two-winged
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in 347–342 BC a significant part of Thrace became subject to
Macedon. While the three main rulers of Thrace attested during this period of Philip's reign disappear from the sources by the end of the 340s BC, it remains unclear to what extent native Thracian kingship was eliminated. The kings of
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The personal belongings and the gifts, needed for the afterlife of the ruler are carefully placed in the chamber. After the burial the entrance of the round chamber and the anteroom were blocked, the horse of the ruler was sacrificed, and the corridor was ritually set on fire.
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perhaps retrospectively, with him already deceased), his wife (or widow) Berenike (apparently a
Macedonian, possibly a relative of Lysimachus), and their sons Hebryzelmis, Teres, Satocus, and Sadalas (possibly still underage), treating with Spartocus, the ruler of
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Romania) against Lysimachus, by allying with other towns and tribes and occupying the passes of Mount Haemus. The allies were defeated by Lysimachus, but he was forced to abandon the siege of Callatis to repel the attack of
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Seuthes appears to have acknowledged the overarching authority of Lysimachus, eventually one of Alexander's successor kings. Perhaps around 320 BC, Seuthes III established his residence at
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in Bulgaria), which he built and named after himself, in imitation of the Macedonian kings Philip and Alexander. In 313 BC Seuthes III supported the revolt of Callatis (
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and brother of Alexander's commander Sitalces, although neither Seuthes nor Sitalces figure among Cersobleptes' known sons, or as a brother of Cersobleptes and son of
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