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The term Galatians is mostly associated with the letter sent by the Apostle Paul to a group of early Christians living in Asia Minor at the turn of the first Millennium. While there have been countless books and commentaries written on the topics which Paul discussed in his Epistle, there is little discussion about the Galatians themselves. Who were they? What was their origin? In this episode, we will dive into the often neglected history of the people who lived in Ancient Galatia.
Sources:
https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1284&context=honors
scribd.com/read/375458286/The-Geography-of-Strabo#
jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n1n2.8
Pliny – Book 5: Countries, Chapter 42: Galatia and the Adjoining Nations
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The term Galatians is mostly associated with the letter sent by the Apostle Paul to a group of early Christians living in Asia Minor at the turn of the first Millennium. While there have been countless books and commentaries written on the topics which Paul discussed in his Epistle, there is little discussion about the Galatians themselves. Who were they? What was their origin? In this episode, we will dive into the often neglected history of the people who lived in Ancient Galatia.
Sources:
https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1284&context=honors
scribd.com/read/375458286/The-Geography-of-Strabo#
jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n1n2.8
Pliny – Book 5: Countries, Chapter 42: Galatia and the Adjoining Nations
Images
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Volcae_Tectosages.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Volcae_Arecomisci_and_Tectosages_(migrations).svg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tectosages_coins_Southern_France_5_to_1st_century_BCE.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casque_d%27Agris,_mus%C3%A9e_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme,_Lamiot_2015_07.JPG
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/London_-_British_Museum_-_2453.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Britishmuseumsnettishamgreattorc.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galatian_head_Thrace_detail.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asia_Minor_in_the_Greco-Roman_period_-_general_map_-_regions_and_main_settlements.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celtic_sword_and_scabbard_circa_60_BCE.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parade_helmet.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_torque_1.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceinture_en_or_MAN.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Disc_Sol_BM_GR1899.12-1.2.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celtic_Expansion.svg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antiochos_I_elephant.jpg
livius.org/pictures/greece/piraeus/piraeus-relief-of-cybele
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hallstatt.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaul_Migration_Map_(English).svg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ai-Khanoum-gold_stater_of_Antiochos1.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Gaugamela_(Arbela).PNG
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venice_%E2%80%93_The_Tetrarchs_03.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Connolly
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_bridge_over_the_Sangarius_River,_the_third_longest_river_in_Turkey,_Bithynia,_Turkey_(38544494452).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attalos_I_tetradrachm_-241_76003063.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mediterranean_at_218_BC-en.svg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_head_wearing_a_head-band_resembling_king_of_Syria_Antiochus_III_(223%E2%80%93187_BC),_late_1st_century_BC%E2%80%93early_1st_century_AD,_Louvre_Museum_(7462828632).jpg
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