Известия на Археол. инстититут, том L: Proceedings of the Fourth International Roman and Late Antique Thrace Conference

The fourth edition of the International "Roman and Late Antique Thrace" (RaLATh) Conference was carried out in a hybrid format in Burgas, Bulgaria, in 2020. It proved a challenging undertaking in a year marked by COVID-19 restrictions, which was nevertheless fulfilled successfully thanks to the traditionally excellent partnership between Burgas Municipality and the National Archaeological Institute with Museum - Sofia.

This time, the conference theme focused on conflicts and catastrophes - a rather thought-provoking topic in our opinion, the discussion of which is crucial for the deeper understanding of turbulent events that shaped the fate of ancient Thrace, and for the establishment of chronologies.

We are grateful to all participants who contributed to this discussion in various ways and especially to those who submitted their manuscripts for publication in the present volume.

At the same time, we are looking forward with confidence to our next meetings within the framework of this Bulgarian-Greek-Turkish scientific initiative and their respective proceedings volumes. Because, as we are well aware: scripta manent!

- the editors