Galatians (people)

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The Galatians (Ancient Greek: Γαλάται, romanized: Galátai; Latin: Galatae, Galati; Greek: Γαλάτες, romanized: Galátes, lit. 'Gauls') and Hellenogalatians (Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνογαλάται; Latin: Gallograeci) were a Celtic people dwelling in Galatia, a region of central Anatolia in modern-day Turkey surrounding Ankara during the Hellenistic period. They spoke the Galatian language, which was closely related to Gaulish, a contemporary Celtic language spoken in Gaul. The Galatians were descended from Celts who had invaded Greece in the 3rd century BC. The original settlers of Galatia came through Thrace under the leadership of Leogarios and Leonnorios c. 278 BC. They consisted mainly of three Gaulish tribes, the Tectosages, the Trocmii, and the Tolistobogii, but there were also other minor tribes. In 25 BC, Galatia became a province of the Roman Empire, with Ankara (Ancyra) as its capital. In the 1st century AD, many Galatians were Christianized by Paul the Apostle's missionary activities. Paul...

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