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🏛️ Caesarea Mazaka-Comana

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🏛️ Caesarea Mazaka-Comana
Ancient Roman city in central Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 20:56
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located near modern Kayseri in Cappadocia, central Türkiye
  • Capital of the Roman province of Cappadocia from 17 CE onward
  • Named after King Ariarathes VI; renamed Caesarea by the Romans
  • Site contains ruins of Roman-era structures, temples, and fortifications

Caesarea Mazaka was the principal city of the Cappadocian kingdom and later the administrative center of the Roman ...

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