Cerethrius was a Celtic[1] king in Thrace.
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Brennus (3rd century BC) — Brennus (or Brennos) (d. 279 BC) was one of the leaders of the army of Gallic invasion of the Balkans, defeated the assembled Greeks at Thermopylae, and is popularly reputed to have sacked and looted Delphi, although the ancient sources do not… … Wikipedia
277 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeGreece* Antigonus crosses the Hellespont and defeats the Celts under the command of Cerethrius near Lysimachia at the neck of the Thracian Chersonese. After this success, he is acknowledged by the Macedonians as their… … Wikipedia
Antigonus II Gonatas — (lit. knock knees ) (Greek Αντίγονος B΄ Γονατᾶς ca. 319 BC 239 BC) was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans. His political… … Wikipedia
Triballi — The Triballi were an ancient Thracian people whose earliest home was near the junction of the Angrus and Brongus (the South and West Morava), and included towards the south the Triballian plain , In 424 BC they were attacked by Sitalkes, king of… … Wikipedia
Bolgios — (Greek Βόλγιος, also Bolgius, Belgius) was a Gaulish leader who led an invasion of Macedon and Illyria in 279 BC, killing the Macedonian king Ptolemy Keraunos.He was part of a force of Gauls settled in Pannonia who had advanced to Thrace under a… … Wikipedia
Gallic invasion of the Balkans — The Gallic Invasion of Balkans was a mass migration of Gauls that moved into the Balkan peninsula in 281 BCE to 279 BCE. A part of the invasion crossed over to Anatolia and eventually settled in the area that came to be named after them,… … Wikipedia
Brennus — Brennus, celt. so v.w. König; geschichtlich bekannte Personen unter diesen Appellativnamen sind: 1) B., Heerführer der Gallier, welcher um 390 v. Chr. in das römische Italien einfiel, Clusium bedrohte, die Clusiner u. dann die Römer am Alliafluß… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
List of rulers of Thrace and Dacia — Map of Ancient Thrace made by Abraham Ortelius in 1585 This article lists rulers of Thrace and Dacia, and includes Thracian, Paeonian, Celtic, Dacian, Scythian, Persian or Ancient Greek up to the point of its fall to the Roman empire, with a few… … Wikipedia
