Thracian reenactors and/or replica arms and armour wanted

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That is incorrect, there is no record of that among the Thracians.

Xenophanes describes the Thracians as being "light­haired and grey eyed", though "They were said to be largely red­haired." The Thracians "were large, powerfully built men, ... and a skin white, delicate and cold; and they had a tendency to put on flesh. They are spoken of as straight­haired and with their hair dressed in a kind of top­knot. The chin­beard of the Thracian ... is characteristic of his race ... the cheeks are shaved, apart from short side­whiskers." C A H Vol VIII, p 544 There is also a reference to Thracians shaving their foreheads, to stop an enemy grabbing the hair during hand-to-hand combat