ga la'she ah, the ancient name of an extensive region in Asia Minor, so called from its Gallic inhabitants, who settled there in the third century B. C. These were compelled by Attalus, king of Pergamos, to settle within welldefined limits between Paphlagonia, Pontus, Cappadocia, Lycaonia, Phrygia and Bythinia. Galatia became a Roman province under Augustus and was divided into provinces by Theodosius. It was twice visited by the apostle Paul, who later addressed one of his famous letters to the people of Christian churches in the region. It forms the ninth book of the New Testament. See GALATIANS, THE EPISTLE TO THE.