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Province, 117 CE
Galatia et Cappadocia
Imperial province, consular legateCapital: AncyraRoman since 72 CE
Two provinces run as one since Vespasian, and by far the empire's most important eastern staging ground in 117 — the legions at Satala and Melitene on this province's eastern edge fed Trajan's whole Armenian and Mesopotamian campaign. Ancyra's Res Gestae inscription, a full copy of Augustus's own account of his reign carved into a temple wall, still stood for every visitor to read.
Galatia was annexed in 25 BCE and Cappadocia only in 17 CE; Vespasian merged the two into one giant frontier province in 72 CE.
13 places on the map
- Carsaga · Auxiliary Fort
- Dascusa (Pagnik Oreni) · Auxiliary Fort
- Elegeia · Auxiliary Fort
- Fortress of Legio XII Fulminata (Melitene) · Fort
- Fortress of Legio XV Apollinaris (Satala) · Fort
- Gonio Fortress · Auxiliary Fort
- Hyssos Limen · Auxiliary Fort
- Phasis · Auxiliary Fort
- Sadacora Roman Villa · Villa
- Sukhumi · Auxiliary Fort
- Tomisa · Auxiliary Fort
- Trabzon · Naval Base
- Zimara · Auxiliary Fort
Sources
- Monumentum Ancyranum (Res Gestae Divi Augusti)
- CAH XI
- https://www.historyatlas.com/groups/galatia-roman-province/
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