Spartacus family gold found? Spartacus was a famous Thracian warrior defeated by the Romans and captured. Then he was sold into slavery and purchased as trainee gladiator. He became famous and led one of the most successful gladiator and slave revolts in Roman history. Yes, the movies and the Cinemax series are based on a true story. Thrace was a powerful nation that had existed from around 4,000 B.C. to 700 A.D. or nearly 5,000 years! A recent discovery of golden treasures from Thrace are from near the period when Spartacus lived. Wouldn’t it be cool if somehow Spartacus or his family once owned these? History is just too exciting!
Bulgarian archaeologists discover 2,400-year-old golden treasure
Published November 08, 2012
Associated Press
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Nov 8, 2012: Archaeologist shows an artifact, part of 2,400-year old golden hoard found in an ancient Thracian tomb in northern Bulgarian village of Sveshtari, some 250 miles northeast of Sofia. (AP)
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Archaeologists say they have unearthed an almost 2,400-year-old golden hoard in an ancient Thracian tomb in northern Bulgaria.
The treasure was found on Thursday near the village of Sveshtari, 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of Sofia, team leader Diana Gergova said.
She said that among the artifacts, dating back to the end of the fourth or the beginning of the third century B.C., were gold jewelry and applications for horse trappings, a tiara with reliefs of lions and fantasy animals, as well as four bracelets and a ring.
The Thracians lived in what is now Bulgaria, and parts of modern Greece, Romania, Macedonia, and Turkey between 4,000 B.C. and the 7th century A.D., when they were assimilated by the invading Slavs.
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