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Deiotarus

Tetrarch of Galatia, adhered to the Romans in their wars against Mithridates, and was rewarded by the senate with the title of king. In the civil war he sided with Pompey, and was present at the battle of Pharsalia, в. c. 48. He is remarkable as having been defended by Cicero before Caesar, in the house of the latter at Rome, in the speech (Pro Rege Deiotaro) still extant.

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