🏛️ Caesarea Mazaka-Ancyra
Ancient Cappadocian city, modern Ankara
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in central Anatolia, modern-day Ankara, Türkiye
- Originally Mazaka, renamed Caesarea by Roman client king Ariarathes IV
- Became capital of Roman province of Galatia in 25 BCE
- Augustus' Res Gestae (Monumentum Ancyranum) inscribed on Temple of Rome and Augustus here
Caesarea Mazaka was the principal city of ancient Cappadocia and served as a major administrative and commercial hub under Roman rule. Originally the native Cappadocian settlement of Mazaka, it gained strategic importance following Rome's annexation of the region. The city's transformation into Caesarea reflected its integration into the expanding Roman Empire, eventually becoming the capital of the Roman province of Galatia after 25 BCE ...