Ancient Galatia is located in the central regions of modern-day Turkey, a poor land traditionally inhabited by the Phyrgians. Later this land was controlled and inhabited by Celtic tribes some time in the 270s BCE Celtic tribes in Thrace and elsewhere were invited by Nicomedes I of Bithynia to come over into Anatolia to serve as warriors and mercenaries. The term Galatae was used by the Greeks to denote these Celtic tribes. Once the Galatian tribes crossed over in Anatolia, they were soon the preeminent power in the region. Raids upon nearby regions were soon commonplace. Livy writes, To the Trocmi the coast of the Hellespont as assigned (as raiding land); the Toistoboii received by the lot Aeolis and Ionia; the Tectosages the interior parts of Asia. And they enacted tribute from all of Asia on this side of the Halys. And so great was the terror of their name, their numbers being so enlarged by great natural increase, that in the end even the kings of Syria did not refuse to pay them tribute. ancient.eu/galatia/ Galatian Language https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f899xH_quaMC&pg=PA788&lpg=PA788&dq=galatian+language&source=bl&ots=p0TwbhwyWK&sig=KuDmC9CE7Ibg9XxUXhTWIMSPu7g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DEjGVPM9g_5ozquC6AM&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=galatian%20language&f=false
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