CAPPADOCIA

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Cappadocia intus habet coloniam Claudi Caesaris Archelaidem, quam praefluit amnis Halys, oppida Comana, quod Salius, Neocaesaream, quod Lycus,Amasiam, quod Iris, in regione hocGazacena, in Colopene vero Sebastiam et Sebastopolim — haec parva, sed paria supra dictis –, reliqua sui parte Melitam, a Samiramide conditam haud procul Euphrate, Diocaesaream, Tyana, Casta- bala, Magnopolim, Zelam et sub monte Argaeo Mazacum, quae nunc Caesarea nominatur. Cappadociae pars praetenta Armeniae Maiori Melitene vocatur, Commagenis Cataonia, Phrygiae Garsauritis, Sargaurasana, Cammaneni, Galatiae Morimene, ubi disterminat eas Cappadox amnis, a quo nomen traxere antea Leucosyri dicti. a Neocaesarea supra dicta Minorem Armeniam Lycus amnis disterminat. est et Coeranus intus clarus, in ora autem ab Amiso oppidum et flumen Chadisia, Lycastum, a quo Themiscyrena regio, Iris flumen deferens Lycum. civitas Ziela intus, nobilis clade Triarii et victoria C. Caesaris. in ora amnis Thermodon, ortus ad castellum quod vocant Phanorian, praeterque radices Amazoni montis lapsus. fuit oppidum eodem nomine et alia quinque, Amazonium, Themiscyra, Sotira, Amasia, Comana, nunc Matium.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

Cappadocia has in the interior Archelais, a colony founded by Claudius Cæsar, and past which the river Halys flows; also the towns of Comana, watered by the Sarus, Neocæsarea, by the Lycus, and Amasia, in the region of Gazacene, washed by the Iris. In Colopene it has Sebastia and Sebastopolis; these are insignificant places, but still equal in importance to those just mentioned. In its remaining districts there is Melita, founded by Semiramis, and not far from the Euphrates, Diocæsarea, Tyana, Castabala, Magnopolis, Zela, and at the foot of Mount Argæus Mazaca, now called Cæsarea. That part of Cappadocia which lies stretched out before the Greater Armenia is called Melitene, before Commagene Cataonia, before Phrygia Garsauritis, Sargarausene, and Cammanene, before Galatia Morimene, where their territories are divided by the river Cappadox, from which this people have taken their name; they were formerly known as the Leucosyri. From Neocæsarea above mentioned, the lesser Armenia is separated by the river Lycus. In the interior also there is the famous river Ceraunus, and on the coast beyond the town of Amisus, the town and river of Chadisia, and the town of Lycastum, after which the region of Themiscyra begins.

The river Iris brings down to the sea the waters of the Lycus. In the interior is the city of Ziela, famous for the defeat of Triarius and the victory of C. Cæsar. Upon the coast there is the river Thermodon, which rises at the fortified place called Phanarœa, and flows past the foot of Mount Amazonius. There was formerly a town of the same name as the river, and five others in all, Amazonium, Themiscyra, Sotira, Amasia, and Comana, now only a Manteium.