Brogitarus ( , ) was king of

Galatia Galatia (; grc, Γαλατία, ''Galatía'', "Gaul") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir, in modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (c ...

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between 63 BC and 50 BC, reigning concurrently with his father-in-law Deiotarus Philoromaeus, M. Tullius Cicero. ''De Haruspicum Responsis'
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who was also tetrarch of the

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. By Deiotarus' daughter

Adobogiona Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a Celtic princess from Anatolia. She was the daughter of king Deiotarus of Galatia and Berenice, Princess of Pergamon, probably a daughter of king Attalus III of Pergamon. Adobogiona married Brogitarus, ...

, Brogitarus was the father of Amyntas, tetrarch of the Trocmi and king of Galatia.

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claims that Brogitarus obtained his elevation to the kingship of Galatia alongside Deiotarus by bribing P. Clodius Pulcher, who was then tribune of the plebs at Rome. Brogitarus also became high priest of the Great Mother at

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after the incumbent was removed through a law introduced by Clodius Pulcher. Cicero impugns not only this procedure but also Brogitarus' character, claiming that the priesthood "was sold for a large sum to Brogitarus, a profligate man, and unworthy of any such sacred character, especially as he had desired it not for the purpose of doing honour to the goddess, but only of profaning her temple." Deiotarus subsequently intervened to remove Brogitarus as high priest on the grounds that the latter had "polluted" its sacred ceremonies. The name 'Brogitarus' may be understood as ''brogi-taros'' 'border-crosser' or (less likely) ''brogi-taruos'' 'border-bull'.Xavier Delamarre (2003). ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise''. Editions Errance, Paris, pp. 90, 290.

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, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne'' (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). 1st-century BC rulers in Asia Kings of Galatia {{Asia-royal-stub