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Sancti Basilisci, Martyris, Comanae Ponto. Lesson from Fr Alban Butler, 1773, Lives of the Saints.https://archive.org/details/livesoffathersma05butl/page/344...
Comana in Pontus, located in modern-day Turkey, is a historically significant site that holds great importance in Greek mythology. The ancient city was the s...
The Diocese of Pontus (Latin: Dioecesis Pontica, Greek: Διοίκησις Πόντου/Ποντικῆς) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of northern and northeastern Asia Minor up to the border with the Sassanid Empire in Armenia. [1]
Comana Pontica (Ancient Greek: Κόμανα Ποντική, romanized: Komana Pontika), was an ancient city located in ancient Pontus, on the river Iris, at modern Gümenek [tr] near Tokat in Turkey.
Nov 5, 2023 · The ancient city called Comana Pontica (Greek: Κόμανα Ποντική) belonged to the kingdom of Pontus. Located on the Iris River (now Yeşilırmak), it was therefore of strategic commercial importance.
This paper discusses several aspects of the civic and religious life of Comana Pontica, namely place names and rituals, such as the practice of ‘sacred prostitution’ (as described by Strabo), that still were kept in Roman times as part of a local Anatolian tradition.
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Comana Pontica was both a trading center for goods from Armenia and a resort. In Pompey's settlement of Pontus (64 B.C.) Comana became an independent principality, and it so remained under a succession of Roman nominees until it was annexed to Pontus Galaticus in A.D. 33-34 or 34-35.
