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lands that for the most part were taken from 

 that coiintry, as was Gordium, its former capital. 

 This disti-ict is occupicd by Gallic settlers called 

 the Tolistobogii, Votm-i and Ambitouti, and those 

 occupying the Maeonian and Paplilagonian region 

 are the Trogmi. Along the north and east of Galatia 

 stretches Cappadocia, the most fertile part of which 

 has been occupied by the Tectosages and Touto- 

 bodiaci. These are the races that inliabit the 

 country ; the peoples and tetrarchies into which 

 they are divided number 195 in all. The towns are 

 Ancyra belonging to the Tcctosages, Taviima to the 

 Trogmi and Pisinus to the Tohstobogii. Note- 

 worthy people besides these are the Actalenses, 

 Alassenses, Comenses, Didienses, Hierorenses, 

 Lystreni, NeapoHtani, Oeandenses, Seleucenses, 

 Sebasteni, Timoniacenses and Thebaseni. Galatia 

 also touchcs on CabaUa in Pamphyha and the Milyae 

 about Baris ; also on Cyllanicum and the district of 

 Oroanda in Pisidia, and Obizene which is part of 

 Lycaonia. The rivers in it beside those ah-eady 

 mentioned are the Sakarya and the Gallus ; from 

 the latter the priests of the Mother of the Gods take 

 their name. 



XLIIL Now ve give the remaindcr of the places DUhyjiia. 

 on this coast. Inland from Cios, in Bithynia, is Prusa, 

 at the foot of Olympus, founded by Hannibal 

 — from there to Nicaea is 25 miles, Lake Ascanius 

 coming in between — ; then, on the innermost bay of 

 the lake, Nicaea, which was formerly called Olbia, 

 and Prusias ; then a second place also named 

 Prusias at the foot of Mount Hj-pius. Places that 

 exist no longer are PythopoHs, Parthenopohs and 

 Corj^phanta. On the coast are the rivers Aesius, 



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