Bessi

This article is about the historical tribe. For the surname, see Bessi (surname).
The regional location of the Bessi, in the Rhodope and North-West of the Dii tribe.

The Bessi (/ˈbɛsaɪ/; Ancient Greek: Βῆσσοι, Bēssoi or Βέσσοι, Béssoi) or Bessae[1] were a Thracian tribe that inhabited the upper valley of the Hebros and the lands between the Haemus and Rhodope mountain ranges in historical Thrace.[2]

  1. ^ The wines of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova. p. 12.
  2. ^ Topalilov, Ivo (2013). "VETERANI CLASSIARII IN PHILIPPOPOLIS (THRACE)". Ancient West & East. 12: 260.