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🏛️ Caesarea Mazaka-Ancyra

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🏛️ Caesarea Mazaka-Ancyra
Ancient Cappadocian city, modern Ankara


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 17:31
📌 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 ...

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