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See also: ancient city of See also: Pontus, said to have been colonized from See also: Comana in See also: Cappadocia
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It stood on the See also: river See also: Iris (Tozanli Su or Yeshil Irmak), and from its central position was a favourite emporium of Armenian and other merchants
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The See also: moon-goddess was worshipped in the city with a pomp and ceremony in all respects analogous to those employed in the Cappadocian city
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The slaves attached to the See also: temple alone numbered not less than 6000
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See also: Chrysostom died there on the way to Constantinople from his exile at Cocysus in the See also: Anti-See also: Taurus
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Remains of Comana are still to be seen near a See also: village called Gumenek on the Tozanli Su, 7 M. from Tokat, but they are of the slightest description
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There is a See also: mound; and a few inscriptions are built into a See also: bridge, which here spans the river, carrying the road from Niksar to Tokat
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