# Galatia — WHE Definition Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** WHE Articles\ **Created:** [October 24, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/galatia-whe-definition-discussion/16925 "2019-10-24T08:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
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Galatia was a region in north-central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) settled by the Celtic Gauls c. 278-277 BCE. The name comes from the Greek for "Gaul" which was repeated by Latin writers as _Galli_. The Celts were offered the region by the king of neighboring Bithynia, Nicomedes I (r. 278-255 BCE) and established themselves in three provinces made up of four cantons (wards) comprised of city-states (known as _oppidum_) governed, respectively, by the three tribes which made up the initial group: the Tectosages, Trocmil, and Tolistogogii. * * * _This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/galatia/](https://www.worldhistory.org/galatia/)._ ---
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