Bisaltia

Bisaltia (Greek: Βισαλτία) or Bisaltica was an ancient region extending from the river Strymon and Lake Cercinitis on the east to Crestonia on the west. The eponymous inhabitants, known as the Bisaltae, were a Thracian people. The most important town in Bisaltia was the Greek city of Argilus. There was a river named Bisaltes in the region, which has not been certainly identified.

Bisaltia, along with Crestonia, was ruled by a Thracian prince at the time of the invasion of Xerxes I of Persia, but by the onset of the Peloponnesian War it was annexed to Macedon.

In Roman times, Bisaltia crossed a branch of the via Egnatia, in which the roman sources (Itineraria) mention four horses change stations : Trinlo (=Tragilos), Graero, Arason (=Arolos) and Euporia. In various sites of Bisaltia have been found so far several interesting inscriptions of imperial times.

Today, Bisaltia is contained within the Serres regional unit and part of the Thessaloniki regional unit in Greece.

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