It had no natural boundary, except on the north and of course the limits may have been varied by conquests, or by the will of the Roman emperor, when it was erected into a province. It is probable, however, that the boundaries of Galatia varied at different times as circumstances dictated. ![]() It was one of the largest provinces of Asia Minor, and covered an extent of country almost as large as the State of New Jersey. It was probably about two hundred miles in its greatest extent from east to west, and varied in breadth from twelve to an hundred and fifty miles. In Tanner's Classical Atlas, however, it extends on the north to the Euxine or Black sea. See the map prefixed to the Acts of the Apostles. ![]() Gal 1:1 | Barnes | STEP | THE EPISTLE of PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS: INTRODUCTION THE SITUATION OF GALATIA, AND THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE I.GALATIA was a province of Asia Minor, having Pontus on the east, Bithynia and Paphlagonia north, Cappadocia and Phrygia south, and Phrygia west.
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