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Galatian Invasion of Greece and Anatolia

279 BCE – 275 BCE · 4 years

Celtic tribes swept through the Balkans and Greece, sacking Delphi before crossing into Anatolia where they settled as the Galatians, forever altering the ethnic makeup of central Asia Minor.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Celtic Galatian tribes
  • Hellenistic kingdoms (Macedon, Pergamon)

Key moments

Defining events in the Galatian Invasion of Greece and Anatolia.

  1. 279 BC Battle of Thermopylae
  2. 279 BC Raid on Delphi
  3. 278 BC Crossing into Anatolia

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

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Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE

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Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

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509 BCE – 264 BCE

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

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Carthaginian Empire

801 BCE – 145 BCE

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Pyrrhic War

280 BCE – 275 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 279 BCE and 275 BCE.

275 BCE Berenice

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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