Ortiagon
Ortiagon (Greek ᾿Ορτιάγων, Latin Ortiago ) was a Celtic prince (189-183 BC). He was one of the four tetrarchs (the four leading princes) of the Galatian Tolistobogioi .
189 BC The man of the Chiomara (ancient Greek Χιομάρα) became one of the leaders of the four Tolistobogioian principalities. With two other Galatian tetrarchs, Comboiomarus and Gaulotus , he sided with the Seleucids and against the Romans and Pergamene Attalids . During the battle on the mountains of Olympos and Magaba , the Celts were defeated by the Romans under Gnaeus Manlius Vulso , but Ortiagon was able to flee. In the following years he tried like a Hellenistic prince to become ruler over all of Galatia . In doing so, he apparently collided with the interests of the Arsacid Eumenes II of Pergamon, since he allied himself with Prusias I of Bithynia , an enemy of the Pergamener. 184/83 BC Eumenes II restored the old system of the tetrarchy of the Tolistobogioi and captured Ortiagon or even had him executed. His then underage son Paidopolites (Παιδοπολίτης) was later elected judge.
Polybios described him as generous, generous, clever and brave.
literature
- Wolfgang Spickermann : Ortiagon. In: The New Pauly . Volume 9, 2000, Col. 79
Footnotes
- ↑ Polybios 21:38; Titus Livius 38,19,2; Pompey Trogus pr 32
- ↑ Polybios 22:21
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| SURNAME | Ortiagon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ᾿Ορτιάγων (Greek); Ortiago (Latin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of the Celts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 184 BC Chr. |