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