Research Article

Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion

Volume: 30 November 11, 2025
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Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion

Abstract

This article presents the text of a neglected inscription from Skepsis in the Troad. Walther Judeich published a drawing of the text in 1898, but did not provide a text. Louis Robert recognised it to be an honorific decree for a phrourarch, but otherwise it has attracted very little interest. It is here proposed that a Seleucid regnal dating formula can be restored in lines 2-3 and a reference to ‘barbarians’, which here must refer to Galatians, can be restored in line 6. The inscription therefore provides evidence of the Galatian War directly affecting Skepsis and belongs to the small dossier of evidence for the impact of the Galatians on north-western Asia Minor c. 277-275. The Antiocheia festival at Skepsis, known from a decree dated c. 200 and thus traditionally thought to have been founded for Antiochus III, may in fact have been established in the aftermath of the Galatian War in honour of Antiochus I.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Classical Greek and Roman History

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 11, 2025

Submission Date

April 25, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 26, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 30

APA
Ellis-evans, A. (2025). Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion. Gephyra, 30, 35-48. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1684147
AMA
1.Ellis-evans A. Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion. GEPHYRA. 2025;30:35-48. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1684147
Chicago
Ellis-evans, Aneurin. 2025. “Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion”. Gephyra 30 (November): 35-48. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1684147.
EndNote
Ellis-evans A (November 1, 2025) Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion. Gephyra 30 35–48.
IEEE
[1]A. Ellis-evans, “Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion”, GEPHYRA, vol. 30, pp. 35–48, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.1684147.
ISNAD
Ellis-evans, Aneurin. “Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion”. Gephyra 30 (November 1, 2025): 35-48. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1684147.
JAMA
1.Ellis-evans A. Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion. GEPHYRA. 2025;30:35–48.
MLA
Ellis-evans, Aneurin. “Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion”. Gephyra, vol. 30, Nov. 2025, pp. 35-48, doi:10.37095/gephyra.1684147.
Vancouver
1.Aneurin Ellis-evans. Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion. GEPHYRA. 2025 Nov. 1;30:35-48. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1684147