^*http://www.niksaronline.net, formerly Cabeira or Cabira, Diospolis, Adrianopolis or Hadrianopolis, Neocaesarea or Neocaesareia, and Sebaste, is one of the major suburbs of Tokat Province, in central-eastern Turkey.

Neocaesarea, located in Pontus Polemoniacus, which, on account of its late origin, is not mentioned by any writer before the time of Pliny, was situated on the eastern bank of the river Lycus, 100 km to the east of Amasia. (Plin. vi. 3; Tab. Peuting.) It was the capital of the district, and celebrated for its size and beauty, and is of historical importance on account of the ecclesiastical council held there in 314. We possess no information about the date of its foundation; but the earliest coins we have of it bear the image of the Roman Emperor Tiberius; whence it is probable that Neocaesarea was founded, or at least received that name, in the reign of Tiberius, when Strabo, who does not notice it, had already composed his work. It must have rapidly risen in extent and prosperity, as in the time of Gregorius Thaumaturgus, who was a native of the place, it was the most considerable town in Pontus. (Greg. Neocaes. Vit. p. 577; Amm. Marc. xxvii. 12; Hierocl. p. 702; Basil, Epist. 210; Acta Eutych. c. 7; comp. Steph. B. s. v.; Solin. 45; Ptol. v. 6. § 10.) According to Paulus Diaconus (Hist. Misc. ii. 18), the town was once destroyed by an earthquake; and from Stephanus it seems that at one time it was called Adrianopolis or Hadrianopolis.

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