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Mithras in Cappadocia

Cappadocia formed a major frontier and military region linking central Anatolia to the eastern limits of the Roman empire.

The material documented in Cappadocia reflects the province’s strategic importance within the military and communication systems of eastern Anatolia. Frontier mobility and regional circulation contributed to the spread of Mithraic cults through the province.

Mithraic monuments of Cappadocia

People attested in Cappadocia

Callimorphus

Callimorphus

Places in Cappadocia

 

Ariaramneia

A settlement of Cappadocia located within the inland communications network of central Anatolia during the imperial period.

 

Caesarea

Caesarea, also known historically as Mazaca, was an ancient city in what is now Kayseri, Turkey.

 

Castrum Zerzevan

Zerzevan Castle, also known as Samachi Castle, is a ruined Eastern Roman castle, a former important military base, in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey.

 

Tyana

Tyana, earlier known as Tuwana during the Iron Age, and Tūwanuwa during the Bronze Age, was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey.

 

Farasha

Inscriptions from Cappadocia

Column of Callimorphus

Solem / Soli invicto / Mythrae / pro salute et incolu/mitate / Chresimi Aug[ustorum] / n[ostrorum] dispensatoris / Callimorphus arkar/ius eiusdem / votum solvit / libens animo.
To the Sun, the Unconquered Sun Mithras. For the health and safety of Chresimus, dispenser of our Emperors, Callimorphus, his treasurer, gladly and willingly fulfilled his vow.

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