Roman province of Cappadocia

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The Roman province of Cappadocia was an imperial administrative region in central Anatolia, known for its strategic military importance on the eastern frontier and its role as a crossroads of Greco-Roman and Near Eastern cultures.

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instanceOf Roman province
former administrative territorial entity
administrativeType imperial province
associatedWithConflict Roman–Parthian Wars
Roman–Persian Wars
borders Roman client kingdom of Armenia
Roman province of Armenia Minor
linked to: Roman Armenia

Roman province of Cilicia
Roman province of Galatia
capital Caesarea Mazaca
createdFrom Kingdom of Cappadocia
culturalRole crossroads of Greco-Roman and Near Eastern cultures
dissolvedInCentury 4th century
economyBasedOn agriculture
horse breeding
mining
establishedAsProvinceInYear 17 CE
establishedBy Roman emperor Tiberius
linked to: Tiberius
governedBy legatus Augusti pro praetore
governorRank consular
hadMilitaryRole base for campaigns against Parthia
base for campaigns against Sasanian Persia
defense of eastern frontier
hadRoad sections of the eastern military road network
importantCity Caesarea Mazaca
Melitene
Tyana
language Greek
Latin (administrative)
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
Roman Empire
central Anatolia
modernLocation Turkey
notableChristianFigures Cappadocian Fathers
partOf Eastern Roman frontier
preRomanPolity Hellenistic Kingdom of Cappadocia
religion early center of Christianity
polytheism in early imperial period
reorganizedInto Late Roman provinces of Cappadocia I and Cappadocia II
stationedLegions Legio XII Fulminata
Legio XV Apollinaris
strategicImportance control of access to Armenia
control of routes between Anatolia and the Near East
protection of northern Syria
terrain high plateau
volcanic landscapes
underAuthorityOf Roman emperor

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Caesarea in Cappadocia locatedIn Roman province of Cappadocia
Caesarea in Cappadocia capitalOf Roman province of Cappadocia
Kingdom of Cappadocia successor Roman province of Cappadocia
Lycaonia partOf Cappadocia et Lycaonia (Roman provincial divisions, various periods)
linked to: Roman province of Cappadocia
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus borderedBy Roman province of Cappadocia
Roman province of Cappadocia reorganizedInto Late Roman provinces of Cappadocia I and Cappadocia II
linked to: Roman province of Cappadocia