Dentheletae

Approximate location of the Dentheletae in the second half of the 5th century BC.

The tombstone of a Flavian era cavalryman recruited from the tribe of Dentheletae.

Dentheletae (Greek: Δενθελῆται) is the name of a Thracian tribe in the upper Strymon, they are mentioned by Polybius. They lived in the area of Sofia, called Dentheletica^[1], with towns as Pautalia^[2], bordering the Agrianes and Maedi. They built fortifications around Stara Planina in the 1st century BC^{[citation needed]} and were later allies of the Romans. Licinus Crassus^{[citation needed]} attacked the Denteleti in 28-29BC. Raids^{[citation needed]} in Dardania 16-13BC marked the end of the Denteleti. The Bastarnae were enemies.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DD%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Ddentheletae-geo
2. ^ Fanula Papazoglu, The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times (1978), p. 101

See also

• List of Thracian tribes