Anisa (Ανίσα[1]) was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[2] A source described Anisa as a politeumata, which was a township for privileged foreigners.[3] Although it did not control any territory outside its jurisdiction, it enjoyed internal self-government.[3]
Its site is located at Kültepe, Kayseri ProvinceinAsiatic Turkey.[2][4] A second or first century BCE bronze tablet originating from this settlement revealed that Anisa was a prosperous city.[1] It contained the names of officials (e.g. archons, prytaneis, and demiourgos) as well as various institutions (e.g. boule, ecclesia).[1] The tablet, which was said to be stored at the city's temple of Astarte, also commemorated an act by the Cappadocian king Ariarathes granting the citizens of Anisa a new constitution.[5]
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