By 342 BC all Thrace was held by Philip II of Macedon, and after 323 BC most of the country was in the hands of Lysimachus.

• 但是因为他们在战斗中的凶猛残暴，希腊人把他们看作野蛮人。希腊扩张到色雷斯之后，利用了色雷斯的金银矿，并且雇佣色雷斯人作他们的步兵。