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The Galatian settlement in Asia Minor*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Gareth Darbyshire ,
Stephen Mitchell  and
Levent Vardar
Gareth Darbyshire
Affiliation:
G A Wainwright Fellow, Oriental Institute, Oxford
Stephen Mitchell
Affiliation:
University of Wales, Swansea
Levent Vardar
Affiliation:
Department of Monuments and Museums, Ankara
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Until very recently almost everything of substance that was known about the Galatians was derived from historical, more specifically Greek and Roman, sources. Modern perceptions of the Galatians have accordingly not only been one-sided, but have also depended on outsiders' views and representations of a complex culture. A stereotypical picture established itself in the modern literature, which itself was moulded by the preconceptions of ancient Greek observers. This view, which will also provide a chronological framework for an examination of Galatian culture, may be summarised broadly as follows: the Galatians were groups of Celticspeaking peoples who arrived on the borders of the Classical world, Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor, around 281 BC (see fig 1). Warlike, barbarous and set upon raiding and plunder, they attacked cities and sanctuaries in Greece, before crossing to Asia Minor where they conducted themselves in similar fashion until the various efforts of Hellenistic rulers forced them to settle in north central Anatolia, the region around Ankara (see fig 2).

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 50 , December 2000 , pp. 75 - 98
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2000

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