Caesar, Cappadocia and Lesser Armenia

Following the Alexandrian campaign Caesar waged war on Pharnaces in the summer of 47 BC. Passing through Cappadocia, the Roman politician bestowed a certain territory to Ariarathes, brother of king Ariobarzanes, as evidenced in ‘De Bello Alexandrino’. However, the meaning of this order is unclear, since part of the text has been lost. Various suggestions were made by scholars in order to recover the missing part, but no consensus has been reached yet. The article attempts to fill this gap relying on the analysis of the text of ‘The Alexandrian War’ itself, as well as on its comparison with information contained in other historical sources. The conclusion is that the lost fragment probably contained information about the transfer of a part of Lesser Armenia to Ariarathes by Caesar. This seems to shed some light on Caesar’s Eastern policy towards Cappadocia, Lesser Armenia and one of the Galatians tetrarchs Deiotarus in 47 BC, and also clarify the logic of our literary source.

Keywords

Eastern Policy of the Roman Republic, ‘De Bello Alexandrino’, Caesar, Asia Minor, Cappadocia, Lesser Armenia, Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia, Ariarathes X of Cappadocia, Deiotarus I Philoromaios

Acknowledgment

Russian Scientific Foundation, project no. 22-28-01213

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26.05.2023

Publication date

29.09.2023

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GOST	Krivolapov G. Caesar, Cappadocia and Lesser Armenia // Vestnik drevnei istorii – 2023. – V. 83. – Issue 3 C. 576-592 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vdi/s032103910021272-2-1-en (circulation date: 22.07.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032103910021272-2
MLA	Krivolapov, Gleb "Caesar, Cappadocia and Lesser Armenia." Vestnik drevnei istorii 83.3 (2023):576-592. DOI: 10.31857/S032103910021272-2
APA	Krivolapov G. (2023). Caesar, Cappadocia and Lesser Armenia. Vestnik drevnei istorii 83(3), pp.576-592 DOI: 10.31857/S032103910021272-2

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