List of Roman governors of Cappadocia

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This is a list of known governors of the Roman province of Cappadocia . It was created in AD 17 as an imperial consular province by the Emperor Tiberius, following the death of king Archelaus. The Pontic and Armenian territories were split off by Diocletian during his reorganization of the empire during the 290s, and the province was reduced to the region of Cappadocia proper. In the late 330s, the eastern half of the province was split off to form the provinces of Armenia Prima and Armenia Secunda. In 371, emperor Valens split off the south-western region around Tyana, which became Cappadocia Secunda under a praeses , while the remainder became Cappadocia Prima under a consularis . In the period 535-553, under emperor Justinian I, Cappadocia Prima and Secunda were reunited under a proconsul, and eventually this province became the themata of Anatolikon and Armeniakon sometime during the seventh century. Many of the dates listed are approximate dates the office was held.

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Julio-Claudian dynasty

Flavian dynasty

After creation of the province of Galatia

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bernard Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) , (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), pp. 180–245
  2. 1 2 Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 69 to 111 are taken from Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 281-362; 13 (1983), pp. 147-237
  3. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the governors from 141 to 177 are taken from Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 220f
  4. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 184 to 235 are taken from Paul Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), p. 234f
  5. ↑ Leunissen (Konsuln und Konsulare, p. 235) dates Clemens between 236 and 238; David H. French ("Notes on Cappadocian Milestones: the Caesaria-Melitene Road", Epigrapica Anatolia, 41 (2008), pp. 127-130) argues for this date.
  6. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the governors from 218 to 222 are taken from French, "Cappadocian Milestones", p. 130
  7. 1 2 Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare, p. 235
  8. ↑ French, "Cappadocian Milestones", pp. 130f
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