Wherever, as in the Greek East or Carthaginian Africa, towns already existed, the Romans, of course, used them in their organisation of a province, although they added liberally to the number, as in Syria, pontus, and Cappadocia.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Under Tiberius, Cappadocia was incorporated in the Empire, and pontus under Nero; Commagene, the home of Jupiter Dolichenus, who was a firm ally of Mithra, was finally absorbed in the reign of Vespasian.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
These ideas spread easily from pontus and Commagene into the western world.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill