'Caesarea, in Cappadocia', 1890. Kayseri in Central Anatolia, Turkey, was destroyed by Sassanid king Shapur I after victory over Emperor Valerian I in AD 260 but gradually recovered and became home to several early Christian saints. Kayseri Castle was built c238-244AD. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]
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