Deiotarus was a faithful ally of the Romans and became involved in the struggles between the Roman Generals that led to the fall of the Republic from 44 BC.

On the outbreak of the civil war from 49 BC to 45 BC, Deiotarus naturally sided with his old patron and ally Pompey and the Optimates in their stand against Julius Caesar, who was defying the Senate, and after being defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC escaped with him to Asia.

Upon the death of Deiotarus, the Kingdom of Galatia was given to Amyntas, an auxiliary commander in the Roman army of Brutus and Cassius who gained the favor of Mark Antony.

Deiotarus levied an army and trained it with Roman help ; the army, in 48 BC, was composed of 12, 000 infantrymen and 2, 000 horsemen.

The ruler of Galatia, Deiotarus, appealed to Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, the lieutenant of Caesar in Asia, for support, and soon the Roman forces sought battle with Pharnaces.

Gangra, the capital of the Paphlagonian kingdom of Deiotarus Philadelphus, son of Castor, was absorbed into the Roman province of Galatia on his death in 65 BC.

The Legio XXII Deiotariana, a Roman legion, traces its lineage back to Deiotarus.

After suffering a defeat it was considered just a single legion, and functioned as an informal Roman legion under Julius Caesar until Deiotarus ' death, at which point it was incorporated into the Roman Army with its former king as its namesake.

Deiotarus of Galatia ( in Galatian and Greek Deiotaros, ; ca 105 BC – 42 BC, 41 BC or 40 BC ) was a Chief Tetrarch of the Tolistobogii at Western Galatia, Asia Minor, and a King of Galatia ( Gallo-Graecia ) at Anatolia, Asia Minor.

Fortunately for Deiotarus, Julius Caesar at that time ( 47 BC ) arrived in Asia from Egypt, and was met by the tetrarch in the dress of a suppliant.

In consequence of the complaints of certain Galatian princes, Deiotarus was deprived of part of his dominions in 47 BC, but was pardoned by Caesar and allowed to retain the title of King.

Other tetrarchs also pressed their claims ; and, further, Deiotarus was accused at Rome in 45 BC by his grandson Castor of having attempted to assassinate Caesar when the latter, then Dictator, was his guest in Galatia.

When civil war again broke out, Deiotarus was persuaded to support the anti-Caesarian party of Brutus and Cassius, but after the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, went over to the triumvirs.

But this arrangement soon gave way before the ambition of one of these tetrarchs, Deiotarus, the contemporary of Cicero and Julius Caesar, who made himself master of the other two tetrarchies and was finally recognized by the Romans as ' king ' of Galatia.

The legion was levied by Deiotarus, king of the Celtic tribe of the Tolistobogii, who lived in Galatia, modern Turkey.

Cicero, who entertained a high opinion of Deiotarus, whose acquaintance he had made when governor of Cilicia, undertook his defence, the case being heard in Caesar's own house at Rome.

Cicero to Caius Caesar: "... for it was king Deiotarus who raised your family, when abject and obscure, from darkness into light.

Its cognomen comes from Deiotarus, a Celtic king, and its emblem is unknown, but could be a Galatian symbol.

After Caesar's death, Mark Antony, for a large monetary consideration, publicly announced that, in accordance with instructions left by Caesar, Deiotarus was to resume possession of all the territory of which he had been deprived.

In his speech Cicero briefly dismisses the charge of assassination, the main question being the distribution of the provinces, which was the real cause of the quarrels between Deiotarus and his relatives.

The name Deiotarus is understood as deio-taruos or " divine bull ".

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