Campae or Kampai ( grc, Κάμπαι) was a town of
ancient Cappadocia
Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde.
According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revol ...
, inhabited during
Roman
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and
Byzantine
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times.
[ In the '']Tabula Peutingeriana
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The m ...
'' it is listed as Cambe and positioned 16 M.P. north or northwest from Mazaca
Caesarea ( /ˌsɛzəˈriːə, ˌsɛsəˈriːə, ˌsiːzəˈriːə/; el, Καισάρεια, Kaisareia) also known historically as Mazaca ( el, Μάζακα) was an ancient city in what is now Kayseri, Turkey. In Hellenistic and Roman times, the ...
.
Its site is tentatively located near Boğazköprü, Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Cappadocia
Former populated places in Turkey
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
History of Kayseri Province
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