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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...
Mar 7, 2023 · The Pontic kingdom in its heyday controlled almost the entire perimeter of the Black Sea and was a formidable enemy of Rome. The Roman Republic managed to cr...
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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...
According to Strabo (12.3.32), the Comana Pontica temple was a replica of the temple in Cappadocia and the methods of celebration were the same. The territory of Comana expanded under the rule of the Pontic Kings and throughout the Roman Empire periods. Pompey in Rome added 2 schoeni or 60 stades (11,100 meters) to the temple land.
The diocese was established after the reforms of Diocletian, and its vicarius, headquartered at Amaseia, was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of the East. Its military forces, facing the Sassanid threat, were commanded by the dux Ponti et Armeniae until the middle of the 5th century, and by two separate duces afterwards, until Justinian I instituted a new magister militum per Armeniam ...
The diocese was established after the reforms of Diocletian, and its vicarius, headquartered at Amaseia, was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of the East. Its military forces, facing the Sassanid threat, were commanded by the dux Ponti et Armeniae until the middle of the 5th century, and by two separate duces afterwards, until Justinian I instituted a new magister militum per Armeniam ...
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Ethnarchy of Comana. The ethnarchy of Comana was a client-state of ancient Rome that lay between Pontus and Cappadocia. [1] It was based around the city of Comana, Pontus and surrounding territories south of the Black Sea.