Приносът на професор Александър Фол в проучването на историята на Тракия и траките в Римската епоха
The Contribution of Professor Alexander Fol in the Study of the History of Thrace and the Thracians in the Roman Empire

Summary/Abstract: Professor Alexander Fol left a significant sign on the Bulgarian historiography. For the study of the life Thracians, Professor Fol combines the methods of various disciplines without which the clarification of the full picture in the Balkans would not be possible. He divides the entire history of Ancient Thrace and Thracians into four periods, the latter covering the time when the Thracian lands fall under the control of the Roman Empire. In this period Professor Fol distinguished two sub-periods. The first covers the time of the establishment of Roman power and the spread of its influence, that is the time when the Thracian society is undergoing change. On the basis of the analyzed data the demographic and social changes that have occurred to varying degrees, as well as the regional peculiarities in these processes, have been explained. Another issue, to which Professor Fol draws attention in detail, is the role of the strategies in the urbanization processes in the territory of Lower Moesia and Thrace. He considers the strategies to play a role in the emergence of cities and the urban territories in the lands conquered by the Roman Empire. The second period covers the crisis state of the Empire, as well as barbaric invasions (IV–VI century). As in the previous period, Professor Fol deals with issues affecting demographic problems and social changes among the Thracian population. That is also the time of the barbaric invasions, whose participants play an important role in the Thracian society. Professor Fol examines the links between the Thracian population and the “barbarian invaders” by defining the “Thracian heritage” as to the emerging early medieval culture.

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