COMANA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia [frequently called CRRYSE or AUREA, i.e. the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden, to distinguish it from Comana in See also:

• PONTUS

Pontus; mod . Shahr], celebrated in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times as the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where the See also:

• RITES

rites of Ma-Enyo, a variety of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Asian Nature-goddess, were celebrated with much solemnity . The service was carried on in a sumptuous See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple with great magnificence oy many thousands of hieroduli (temple-servants) . To defrayexpenses, large estates had been set apart, which yielded a more than royal See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue . The city, a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere apanage of the temple, was governed immediately by the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, who was always a member of the reigning Cappadocian See also:

• FAMILY

family, and took See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank next to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . The number of persons engaged in the service of the temple, even in See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, was upwards of 6000, and among these, to See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge by the names See also:

• COMMON

common on See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb-stones, were many of See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• RACE

race . Under See also:

• CARACALLA (or CARACALLUS), MARCUS A U R E L I U S ANTONINUS (186-217)

Caracalla, Comana became a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, and it received honours from later emperors down to the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official recognition of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . The' site lies at Shahr, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-See also:

• TAURUS (" the Bull ")

Taurus on the upper course of the Sarus (Sihun), mainly Armenian, but surrounded by new settlements of Avshar Turkomans and Circassians . The place has derived importance both in antiquity and now from its position at the eastern end of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main pass of the western Anti-Taurus range, the Kuru Chai, through which passed the road from Caesarea-Mazaca (mod . Kaisarieh) to Melitene (See also:

• MALATIA (MALATIEH or Aspuzu)

Malatia), converted by Septimius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus into the chief military road to the eastern frontier of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . The extant remains at Shahr include a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river, a See also:

• FINE

fine Roman See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway and many See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions; but the exact site of the great temple has not been satisfactorily identified . There are many traces of Severus' road, including a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge at Kemer, and an immense number of milestones, some in their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original positions, others in cemeteries .

See P . H . H . Massy in Geog . Journ . (See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 19o5); E . Chantre, See also:

• MISSION

Mission en Cappadocie (1898) . (D . G .