Ariarathia or Ariaratheia ( grc, Ἀριαράθεια) was a town of ancient Cappadocia, in the Sargarausene region, inhabited during

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, and

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times. It was founded by Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia (r. 220–163 BCE). It was detached from Cappadocia and assigned to the province of Armenia Minor when that province was established. It became the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a

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of the

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. Its site is located near Pınarbaşı, Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in ancient Cappadocia Catholic titular sees in Asia Former populated places in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Roman towns and cities in Turkey Hellenistic colonies in Anatolia History of Kayseri Province Populated places established in the 2nd century BC Kingdom of Cappadocia {{Kayseri-geo-stub

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