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Region of Asia Minor, east of Phrygia and west of the River Euphrates. From the middle of the 6th cent. BC until the end of the 4th cent. BC it was a satrapy of the Persian Empire. During the Hellenistic period it belonged administratively to the two kingdoms of Great Cappadocia and Cappadocia next to Pontus. In the 1st cent. BC the northern part was named Pontus. In the 1st cent. AD it became part of the Roman Empire and was organized into a province. |
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Kingdom of Ararat (Urartu) |
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A later name describing the realm of the Mithridatic dynasty (281-63 BC). At times it included areas of the Pontus, Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Cappadocia, Armenia Minor and Colchis. The military and administrative organization of the kingdom betokens Persian and Hellenistic influences. |
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Province of Asia (Antiquity) |
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The province of Asia was established in 129 BC by the consul Manius Aquilius, based on the dominions of the kingdom of Pergamon that Attalus III had bequeathed to the Roman people in 133 BC. The province comprised the regions of Troad, Aeolis, Mysia, Ionia, Lydia and Caria. Phrygia was added to them later. In 27 BC, the structure of the province was reorganized by Augustus and came under the jurisdiction of the senate. The borders of the province did not change until Diocletian’s reign at the... |
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Province of Bithynia-Pontus (Antiquity) |
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Province of Cappadocia (Antiquity) |
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Province of Cilicia (Antiquity) |
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Province of Galatia (Antiquity) |
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Province of Lycia-Pamphylia (Antiquity) |
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