Editing Volcae (section)

{{short description|Gallic tribal confederation}}
The '''Volcae''' ({{IPA|la|ˈwɔɫkae̯}}) were a [[Gauls|Gallic]] tribal confederation constituted before the raid of combined [[Gauls]] that invaded [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] c. 270 BC and fought the assembled Greeks at the [[Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)|Battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC]]. Tribes known by the name Volcae were found simultaneously in southern Gaul, [[Moravia]], the [[Ebro]] valley of the [[Iberian Peninsula]], and [[Galatia]] in [[Anatolia]]. The Volcae appear to have been part of the late [[La Tène culture|La Tène material culture]], and a [[Celts|Celtic]] identity has been attributed to the Volcae, based on mentions in Greek and Latin sources as well as [[onomastic]] evidence. Driven by highly mobile groups operating outside the tribal system and comprising diverse elements, the Volcae were one of the new [[Ethnic group|ethnic entities]] formed during the Celtic military expansion at the beginning of the 3rd century BC.<ref>Kruta, Venceslas. ''Celts: History and Civilization''. London: Hachette Illustrated, 2004: 204.</ref> Collecting in the [[Celtic settlement of Eastern Europe|famous excursion into the Balkans]], ostensibly, from the Greek point of view, to raid [[Delphi]], a branch of the Volcae split from the main group on the way into the Balkans and joined two other tribes, the [[Tolistobogii]] and the Trocmi, to settle in central Anatolia and establish a new identity as the [[Galatia]]ns.

The [[Tectosagii]] were a group of the Volcae who moved through [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] into Anatolia c. 277 BC. [[Strabo]] says the Tectosagii came originally from the region near modern [[Toulouse]], in France.