Ancient tribes in Bulgaria

thumb|250px|Bronze head of Seuthes III from his tomb The Thracians (; ; or Θρήϊκες in Ionic Greek) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history. Thracians resided mainly in Southeast Europe in modern-day Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, northern Greece and European Turkey, but also in north-western Anatolia (Asia Minor) in Turkey.

union of Thracian tribes and kingdoms (5th century BC to 1st century AD)

thumb|right|alt=The map of Scordisci and their capital Singidunum|The map of the tribal state Scordisci and its neighbours

The Triballi (, ) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron Age. The Triballi lived between Thracians to the east, Illyrians the west and Celts to the north and were influenced by them. As such in contemporary sources, they are variably described as an independent, Thracian, Illyrian or Celtic tribe. Strabo considered the Triballi as a Thracian people. Most ancient sources considered the Triballi as Thracians, while some few regarded them as Illyrians.

thumb|306x306px|The regional location of the Bessi, in the Rhodope Mountains|Rhodope and North-West of the [[Dii tribe.]]

thumb|right|307x307px|Paeonia (kingdom)|Paeonia, tribes and environs

thumb|right|Tribes in Thrace. Celtic peoples, including the Gauls of Tylis, are labelled in blue. thumb|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. Following their invasion of Thrace and Greece in 279 BC, the Gauls were defeated by the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas in the Battle of Lysimachia in 277 BC, after which they turned inland to Thrace and founded their kingdom at Tylis. It was located near the eastern edge of the H

thumb|307x307px|The Maedi are visible in this regional map (as "Maidoi"). The Maedi (also Maidans, Maedans, or Medi; ) were a Thracian tribe in antiquity. They were an independent tribe through much of their history, and the Thracian king Sitalkes recognized their independence, along with several other warlike "border" tribes such as the Dardani, Agrianes, and Paeonians, whose lands formed a buffer zone between the powers of the Odrysians on the east and of Illyrian tribes in the west, while Macedon was located to the south of Paeonia.

Dii is also the plural of Latin Deus.

thumb|right|Approximate location of the Dentheletae in the second half of the 5th century BC.|306x306px thumb|Approximate location of the Dentheletae|306x306px The Dentheletae (), also Danthaletae (Δανθαλῆται) or Denseletae, were a Thracian tribe that in antiquity lived near the sources of the River Strymon, and are mentioned in texts by Polybius, Cassius Dio, Tacitus and by Livy. They lived in the neighbourhoods of the modern towns Kyustendil (ancient Pautalia) and Dupnitsa (ancient Germania, from the Thracian word for "hot", due to its springs), stretching to as far as the mountains to the w

thumb|right|Approximate location of the Bisaltai|306x306px The Bisaltae () were a Thracian people on the lower Strymon river, who gave their name to Bisaltia, the district between Amphipolis and Heraclea Sintica (the modern village of Rupite, Bulgaria) on the east and Crestonice on the west. They also made their way into the peninsulas of Acte and Pallene in the south, beyond the river Nestus in the east, and are even said to have raided Cardia.

thumb|right|307x307px|Paeonia tribes and environs The Laeaeans (; ) were a Paeonian tribe who in the 4th century BC lived adjacent to the Agrianes, another Paeonian tribe, along the upper course of the Strymon river, at the western edge of Thrace. They were not incorporated into the Odrysian state or the Paeonian state, remaining an independent tribe outside the borders of those kingdoms. According to Thucydides, the Laeaeans, along with the Agrianes, the Thracian Dii, and other tribes, joined Sitalkes in his unsuccessful campaign against Perdiccas II of Macedon. The coins issued by the Laeaea

branch of Gothic people who settled in Thrace and Moesia