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🏛️ Colonia Archelais-Caesarea Mazaka

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🏛️ Colonia Archelais-Caesarea Mazaka
Roman colonial settlement in central Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 17:15
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri Province, Türkiye
  • Founded as a Hellenistic city, refounded as a Roman colonia under Augustus
  • Served as capital of Cappadocia during the Roman Imperial period
  • Site lies beneath or adjacent to modern Kayseri city

Colonia Archelais-Caesarea Mazaka was a major urban center in Roman Cappadocia, established through the consolidation and refoundation of ...

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