Caesarea in Cappadocia

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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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caesarea Mazaca	4
Caesarea	1

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 in Cappadocia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Caesarea Mazaca
locatedIn	Cappadocia ⓘ Roman province of Cappadocia ⓘ Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: central Anatolia
locatedInPresentDay	Kayseri ⓘ surface form: Kayseri, Turkey
modernSuccessor	Kayseri NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Julius Caesar ⓘ surface form: Caesar
notableResident	Basil of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basil of Caesarea → birthPlace → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caesarea Mazaca

Kingdom of Cappadocia → capital → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caesarea Mazaca

Kingdom of Cappadocia → capital → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ

Basil of Caesarea → deathPlace → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caesarea Mazaca

Basil of Caesarea → educatedAt → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caesarea

Gregory of Nazianzus → educatedAt → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ

Caesarea in Cappadocia → laterName → Caesarea in Cappadocia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caesarea Mazaca

Macrina the Younger → placeOfBirth → Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ