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Galatia
| Galatia | |
|---|---|
| Ancient region of Anatolia | |
 Anatolia in the Greco-Roman period. The classical regions and their main settlements, including Galatia. | |
| Location | Central Anatolia, Turkey |
| State existed | 280–64 BC |
| Successive languages | Galatian, Greek |
| Achaemenid satrapy | Cappadocia |
| Roman province | Galatia |
Galatia (/ɡəˈleɪʃə/; Ancient Greek: Γαλατία, Galatía, "Gaul") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir in modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (cf. Tylis), who settled here and became a small transient foreign tribe in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of the East.[1]
- ^ Larned, Josephus Nelson (1894). El Dorado-Greaves. C. A. Nichols Company. p. 1409.
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