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🏛️ Tavium-Caesarea Mazaka

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🏛️ Tavium-Caesarea Mazaka
Ruined Roman city in central Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 22:51
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Tokat Province, north-central Türkiye
  • Major Hellenistic and Roman trade center on the Pontus-Cappadocia border
  • Ruins span approximately 90 hectares with partially excavated structures
  • Site remains largely unexcavated; accessible but without formal infrastructure

Tavium-Caesarea Mazaka was one of the largest and wealthiest cities of ancient Pontus and later the Roman province ...

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