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Αncient goddess of Cappadocia and Pontus. Her cult was disseminated with time and became popular in Macedonia and Rome, as she was identified with Greek and Roman deities. |
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Macedonian military settlements |
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Macrianus I, Macrianus II and Quietus |
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Macrianus I was a dignitary in Egypt (257/258 AD) and in the Persian campaign of Valerian (259-260 AD). He also repelled the Persian invasion in Asia Minor in 260 AD. He was the father of Macrianus II and Quietus, emperors of the East (260-261 AD). All of them were murdered, the first two at Illyricum and the third in Emesa of Syria in 261 AD, after the suppression of their mutiny. |
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Magic in Asia Minor (Antiquity) |
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Magic was disseminated in Asia Minor with the Persian conquest (546 BC). It is mainly testified by three types of archaeological and epigraphical finds: curse tablets, kolossoi and phylacteries. It became particularly widespread in the Imperial period and survived even after the predominance of Christianity. |
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Maçka, Monastery of Panagia (Virgin Mary) Goumera |
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Maçka, Monastery of St. George Peristereota |
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Maçka, Monastery of St. John the Forerunner Vazelon |
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