The Mithraic evidence documented in Cappadocia reflects the province’s strategic position between central Anatolia, the Euphrates frontier and the wider eastern Mediterranean. The material remains limited but is significant for understanding the circulation of Mithraic practices through military routes, administrative centres and cross-cultural Anatolian contexts.
People attested in Cappadocia
Provinces of Cappadocia
Cappadocia
Cappadocia formed a major frontier and military region linking central Anatolia to the eastern limits of the Roman empire.
Places in Cappadocia
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.
Inscriptions from Cappadocia
Column of Callimorphus
References
- Aleš Chalupa (2023) Římský kult boha Mithry. Atlas lokalit a katalog nálezů I
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhängerschaft des Mithras-Kultes.
