Tylis (Greek: Τύλις) orTyle was a capital of a short-lived Balkanstate mentioned byPolybius[1] that was founded byCelts led byComontorius in the 3rd century BC. Followingtheir invasion ofThrace andGreece in 279 BC, the Gauls were defeated by theMacedonian kingAntigonus II Gonatas in theBattle of Lysimachia in 277 BC, after which they turned inland to Thrace and founded their kingdom at Tylis.[2] It was located near the eastern edge of theHaemus (Balkan) Mountains in what is now easternBulgaria. Some bands of Celts, namely theTectosages,Tolistobogii andTrocmi, did not settle in Thrace, but crossed intoAsia Minor to become known as theGalatians. The last king of Tylis wasCavarus who maintained good relations with the city ofByzantium. His capital was destroyed by theThracians in 212 BC and this was also the end of his kingdom.[3] The modern Bulgarian village ofTulovo inStara Zagora Province now occupies the site.[4]
Tile Ridge onGreenwich Island in theSouth Shetland Islands,Antarctica is named for Tylis.
Named after the ancient Tile (Tylis), capital town of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace, 279–213 BC, and ancestor of the present Bulgarian settlement of Tulovo near Stara Zagora City.
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