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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Predicate Object
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
Archelaus of Cappadocia → successorState → Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ
Roman province of Cilicia → borders → Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ
Nazianzus → locatedIn → Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ