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[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Celts Central town of the north-western  Trocmi tetrarchy, a fortified settlement of the Trocmi and a joint posting station for the roads to Ancyra and Tavium (Tab. Peut. 9,5: Eccobriga; It. Ant. 203,6: Ecobrogis), modern Kalekişla east of Sulakyurt [1. 148-151; 2. 28]. E. consisted of a steeply rising castle mount and an extensive walled lower town; scattered finds indicate settlement into the Byzantine period. The name of this obviously Celtic new foundation is derived from briga (‘fortified high place’), and can m…

I. Region [German version] A. Definition Region in central Anatolia; it received its ethnically derived name following the conquest, settlement, and formation of states by the Celtic  Tolistobogii,  Tectosages, and  Trocmi, thus replacing the older names for its constituent regions (Phrygia, Cappadocia). Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt) [German version] B. Geography Before 188 BC, the tribal states of G. included, in the north, peripheral areas of  Paphlagonia and the territory of the  Mariandyni (basins of Bolu and Gerede), the zone ─ rich in woodl…

I. Landschaft [English version] A. Definition Landschaft in Zentralanatolien; durch Landnahme und Staatenbildung der kelt. Tolistobogioi, Tektosages und Trokmoi unter dem ethnisch definierenden Namen G. neu gebildet, wobei die älteren Bezeichnungen der Landesteile (Phrygia, Kappadokia) verdrängt wurden. Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt) [English version] B. Geographie Die Stammesstaaten der G. umfaßten vor 188 v.Chr. im Norden Randzonen von Paphlagonia und dem Gebiet der Mariandynoi (Becken von Bolu und Gerede), die wald- und almenreiche Zone de…