Diocaesarea
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.430, 34.740
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: graeco-Roman town located in ancient Cappadoci
History
Diocaesarea or Diocaesareia or Diokaisareia was a Graeco-Roman town located in ancient Cappadocia near Nazianzus. According to Gregorius of Nazianzus, it was a small place. It is mentioned by Ptolemy and by Pliny the Elder.