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🏛️ Sebasteia-Melitene

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🏛️ Sebasteia-Melitene
Roman fortress city and provincial capital in central Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 23:51
📌 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 ...

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