Pleistoros was, according to Herodotus (The Histories, IX, 119),[1] a Thracian god adored by the Gauls and the tribe "Absinthe" (Apsintieni) as the god of war. According to Josephus Flavius (in his Antiquities of the Jews, XVIII, 22).[2][a] Pleistoros was the god of war Dacians pleistoi, to which these Thracians offered sacrifices of men.[5][6] The priests were recruited between nobles, some of whom are warriors.[7][8]
^Compare (The Works of Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of Jews. Translated by William Whiston, A.M. 1895.)[3] with (Complete works of Josephus. Translated by Haverkamp, Siwart. 1900.)[4]
^Flavius Josephus (1900). Complete works of Josephus. Vol. 3. Translated by Haverkamp, Siwart. New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co. p. 80 – via Internet Archive.
^Bucur Mitrea, Al.Suceveanu, Constantin Preda, Neamuri şi triburi tracice. Agrianii, Apsinthioii, Piarensii şi Dimensii, Tagrii, în Magazin istoric, anul XI, nr.3 (120), mar., 1977, p.50.
