Anisa

Anisa (Ανίσα) was a town (δῆμος) of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times. The key inscription identifying Anisa describe it as a politeuma. Although it did not control any territory outside its jurisdiction, it enjoyed internal self-government.

Its site is located at Kültepe, Kayseri Province in Asiatic Turkey. A second or first century BCE bronze tablet originating from this settlement revealed that Anisa was a prosperous city. It contained the names of officials (e.g. archons, prytaneis, and demiourgos) as well as various institutions (e.g. boule, ecclesia). The tablet, which was said to be stored at the city's temple of Astarte, also commemorated an act by the Cappadocian king Ariarathes granting the citizens of Anisa a new constitution.

References

1 2 3 Atici, Levent; Barjamovic, Gojko; Fairbairn, Andrew; Kulakoglu, Fikri (2014). Current Research at Kultepe-Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity. Atlanta, GA: Lockwood Press. p. 58. ISBN 9781937040192.
1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
1 2 Crook, J.A.; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson (2003). The Cambridge Ancient History, Second Edition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 0521256038.
↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
↑ Barjamovic, Gojko (2011). A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 231. ISBN 9788763536455.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 Atici, Levent; Barjamovic, Gojko; Fairbairn, Andrew; Kulakoglu, Fikri (2014). Current Research at Kultepe-Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity. Atlanta, GA: Lockwood Press. p. 58. ISBN 9781937040192.

[Barrington-2] 1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

[:1-3] 1 2 Crook, J.A.; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson (2003). The Cambridge Ancient History, Second Edition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 0521256038.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[5] Barjamovic, Gojko (2011). A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 231. ISBN 9788763536455.