Thunatae
title: "Thunatae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dardanians", "illyrian-tribes", "thracian-tribes", "ancient-tribes-in-bulgaria", "ancient-tribes-in-kosovo", "ancient-tribes-in-north-macedonia", "dardania-(roman-province)", "illyrian-kosovo", "illyrian-north-macedonia"] topic_path: "general/dardanians" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunatae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
The Thunatae (Ancient Greek: Θουνᾶται) were a Dardanian tribe, along with the Galabri, mentioned by Strabo. The Thunatae are mentioned as neighbors of the Maedi, a Thracian tribe.
Name
The tribe is mentioned by Ancient Greek author Strabo in his Geographica as Θουνᾶται Thunatai. The tribal name Thunatae/Thunatai has been connected to the Messapic name Daunioi/Daunii in Apulia (south-eastern Italy).
Geography
According to Strabo the Thunatae were a Dardanian tribe who bordered with the Thracian Maedi in the east.
Some scholars have suggested that the Thunatae may have been a Thracian people or probably strongly influenced by the neighbouring Thracians. However Strabo explicitly considers the Thunatae as a Dardanian people, also separating them from the Thracian tribe Maedi, hence from the Thracians. Strabo's account provides evidence that in their eastern territory the Dardanians bordered the Thracians.
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Bibliography
References
- {{harvnb. Shukriu. 1996. Šašel Kos. 2010
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