🏛️ Sebasteia-Melitene
Roman fortress city and provincial capital in central Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Sivas in central Turkey
- Served as capital of the Roman province of Cappadocia during the 1st–3rd centuries
- Known historically as both Sebasteia and Melitene
- Ruins scattered across archaeological site with minimal modern infrastructure
Sebasteia-Melitene was a major Roman military and administrative centre in the eastern frontier zone of the Roman Empire. The site lies in the Kızılırmak River region of central Anatolia and functioned as a provincial capital and garrison fortress, commanding routes between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The settlement's dual nomenclature reflects its Hellenistic and Roman phases of occupation and reorganisation ...