Caesarea in Cappadocia

E93385

Roman city ancient city early Christian center provincial capital

Caesarea in Cappadocia was the principal city of the Roman province of Cappadocia in central Anatolia, serving as an important administrative, commercial, and early Christian intellectual center.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Caesarea in Cappadocia canonical	20
Caesarea Mazaca	9
Caesarea	1
Caesarea Cappadociae	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T777650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Caesarea in Cappadocia
Context triple: [Gregory of Nazianzus, educatedAt, Caesarea in Cappadocia]

A. Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima was a major Roman port city and administrative center on the Mediterranean coast of Judea, notable as the provincial capital where Roman governors such as Pontius Pilate resided.
B. Edessa
Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.
C. Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
D. Ṭarābulus
Ṭarābulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, a major historic port city and the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast.
E. Turkmenabat
Turkmenabat is one of the largest cities in Turkmenistan, serving as an important industrial, transport, and cultural center in the country’s east near the border with Uzbekistan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Caesarea in Cappadocia
Target entity description: Caesarea in Cappadocia was the principal city of the Roman province of Cappadocia in central Anatolia, serving as an important administrative, commercial, and early Christian intellectual center.

A. Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima was a major Roman port city and administrative center on the Mediterranean coast of Judea, notable as the provincial capital where Roman governors such as Pontius Pilate resided.
B. Edessa
Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.
C. Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
D. Ṭarābulus
Ṭarābulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, a major historic port city and the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast.
E. Turkmenabat
Turkmenabat is one of the largest cities in Turkmenistan, serving as an important industrial, transport, and cultural center in the country’s east near the border with Uzbekistan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ early Christian center ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ
ancientName	Mazaca ⓘ
associatedWith	Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ
capitalOf	Kingdom of Cappadocia ⓘ Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ
function	administrative capital of Cappadocia ⓘ commercial hub of central Anatolia ⓘ intellectual hub of early Christianity ⓘ
hasHeritage	Greco-Roman urban culture ⓘ
knownFor	Christian theological scholarship ⓘ monastic activity ⓘ trade routes through central Anatolia ⓘ
languageUsed	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
laterName	Caesarea Mazaca ⓘ linked to: Caesarea in Cappadocia
locatedIn	Cappadocia ⓘ Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ central Anatolia ⓘ linked to: Central Anatolia Region
locatedInPresentDay	Kayseri, Turkey ⓘ linked to: Kayseri
modernSuccessor	Kayseri ⓘ
namedAfter	Caesar ⓘ linked to: Julius Caesar
notableResident	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
preRomanName	Mazaca ⓘ
presentCountry	Turkey ⓘ
region	Anatolia ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousSignificance	episcopal see ⓘ major center of early Christianity ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center ⓘ commercial center ⓘ early Christian intellectual center ⓘ intellectual center ⓘ principal city of the Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ Roman period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited