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 Armenia
surface form: Roman province of Armenia Minor

Roman province of Cilicia
Roman province of Galatia
capital Caesarea in Cappadocia
surface form: 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 Tiberius
surface form: Roman emperor 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 in Cappadocia
surface form: Caesarea Mazaca

Melitene
Tyana
language Greek
Latin (administrative)
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
Roman Empire
central Anatolia
modernLocation Turkey
notableChristianFigures Cappadocian Fathers
partOf Byzantine frontier regions
surface form: Eastern Roman frontier
preRomanPolity Kingdom of Cappadocia
surface form: Hellenistic Kingdom of Cappadocia
religion early center of Christianity
polytheism in early imperial period
reorganizedInto Roman province of Cappadocia self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Roman province of Cappadocia
this entity surface form: Cappadocia et Lycaonia (Roman provincial divisions, various periods)
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus borderedBy Roman province of Cappadocia
Roman province of Cappadocia reorganizedInto Roman province of Cappadocia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Late Roman provinces of Cappadocia I and Cappadocia II