List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia

This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia. A number of these settlements were Thracian and Dacian, but some were Celtic, Greek, Roman, Paeonian, or Persian.

A number of cities in Thrace and Dacia were built on or close to the sites of preexisting Dacian or Thracian settlements. Some settlements in this list may have a double entry, such as the Paeonian Astibo and Latin Astibus. It is believed that Thracians did not build true cities even if they were named as such; the largest Thracian settlements were large villages. The only known attempt to build a polis by the Thracians was Seuthopolis., although Strabo considered the Thracian cities with "bria" ending polises. Some of the Dacian settlements and fortresses employed the traditional Murus Dacicus construction technique.

Note: Throughout these lists, an asterisk [*] indicates that the toponym is reconstructed.

Thracian and Dacian

Unknown names

Thraco-Illyrian

Chesdupara

Daradapara

Scupi of the Dardani tribe

Sirmium

Thrace and Macedonia

Thrace, from Strymon to Nestos

Amphipolis, founded by colonists from Athens

Akontisma

Antisara

Creston, modern Kilkis

Datos, founded by colonists from Thasos

Drabeskos

Eion, founded by colonists from Athens

Ennea Hodoi

Galepsus, founded by colonists from Thasos

Gasoros

Heraclea Sintica

Krenides, founded by colonists from Thasos

Mastira, mentioned by Demosthenes (341 BCE) in his "The Oration on the State of the Chersonesus". This town was unknown to the scholar Harpocration (100-200 CE), who suggests that instead of "Mastira" we should read "Bastira", a known Thracian town of that name.