CLST 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Antiochus Iii The Great, Ptolemy Ii Philadelphus, Aedui
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The passage to asia nikomedes of bithynia. Inscriptions found in greek poleis of area show alarm and concern of those communities. By the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es, the gauls (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)rossed (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause you (cid:374)eed ships, so niko(cid:373)edes supplied a fleet. Terms of the gauls coming: barbarians would be friendly towards nikomedes and his descendants, they would not ally to those who sent embassies to them without permission of. Nikomedes: they would be friends with his friends, enemies with his enemies. Leonnorios and lutarios were main leaders of the gauls. At first, crossing of galatians looked like a bad idea but, they saved the democracy of. Greek cities in that area by fighting seleukid king who wanted to take it away. Some communities were in trouble: galatia(cid:374)s did (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ue to sa(cid:272)k people (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause that"s ho(cid:449) they sustai(cid:374) themselves and they were paid in rights to plunder, they also take prisoners for ransom.