Comontorius, the Glossary
Comontorius was a Celtic king in Thrace who in 278 BC founded the kingdom of Tylis, imposing a tribute on the city of Byzantium.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Byzantium, Cavarus, Celts, Polybius, Thrace, Thracians, Tylis.
- 3rd-century BC Gaulish tribal chiefs
- Ancient Thrace
Byzantium
Byzantium or Byzantion (Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and which is known as Istanbul today.
Cavarus
Copper coin of Cavarus Cavarus was a Celtic king in Thrace and the last king of Tylis. Comontorius and Cavarus are 3rd-century BC Gaulish tribal chiefs, ancient Thrace and ancient Thrace stubs.
Celts
The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.
Polybius
Polybius (Πολύβιος) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period.
Thrace
Thrace (Trakiya; Thráki; Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe.
Thracians
The Thracians (translit; Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history. Comontorius and Thracians are ancient Thrace.
Tylis
Copper coin of Cavarus, the last king of Tylis Tylis (Greek: Τύλις) or Tyle was a capital of a short-lived Balkan state mentioned by Polybius that was founded by Celts led by Comontorius in the 3rd century BC.
See also
3rd-century BC Gaulish tribal chiefs
Ancient Thrace
- Aedava
- Anastasian Wall
- Battle of Lysimachia
- Cavarus
- Cerethrius
- Clytius
- Comontorius
- Constantinople
- Dacia
- Diopeithes
- Golden Bust of Septimius Severus
- Heracleides of Maroneia
- List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
- List of kings of Thrace and Dacia
- Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)
- Maximinus Thrax
- Odrysian kingdom
- Roman Thrace
- Sapaeans
- Thracian clothing
- Thracian kingdom (Roman vassal state)
- Thracians
- Thraco-Cimmerian
- Thraco-Illyrian
- Thraco-Macedonian