§12.2.10μέγεθος δὲ τῆς χώρας κατὰ πλάτος μὲν τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πόντου πρὸς τὸν Ταῦρον ὅσον χίλιοι καὶ ὀκτακόσιοι στάδιοι, μῆκος δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Λυκαονίας καὶ Φρυγίας μέχρι Εὐφράτου πρὸς τὴν ἕω καὶ τὴν Ἀρμενίαν περὶ τρισχιλίους.
As for the size of the country, in breadth, that from the Pontus to the Taurus is about one thousand eight hundred stades, and in length, from Lycaonia and Phrygia to the Euphrates towards the east and Armenia, about three thousand stades.
ἀγαθὴ δὲ καρποῖς, μάλιστα δὲ σίτῳ καὶ βοσκήμασι παντοδαποῖς· νοτιωτέρα δʼ οὖσα τοῦ Πόντου ψυχροτέρα ἐστίν·
It is productive in crops, and especially in wheat and all kinds of cattle; but though it is further south than the Pontus, it is colder.
ἡ δὲ Βαγαδανία καίπερ πεδιὰς οὖσα καὶ νοτιωτάτη πασῶν (ὑποπέπτωκε γὰρ τῷ Ταύρῳ) μόλις τῶν καρπίμων τι φέρει δένδρων, ὀναγροβότος δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ αὕτη καὶ ἡ πολλὴ τῆς ἄλλης, καὶ μάλιστα ἡ περὶ Γαρσαύιρα καὶ Λυκαονίαν καὶ Μοριμηνήν.
Bagadania, although it is a plain and the southernmost of all (for it lies at the foot of the Taurus), produces hardly any fruitful trees, and it, as well as the greater part of the rest, is a pasture for wild asses, and especially the region around Garsaoura, Lycaonia, and Morimene.
ἐν δὲ τῇ Καππαδοκίᾳ γίνεται καὶ ἡ λεγομένη Σινωπικὴ μίλτος ἀρίστη τῶν πασῶν· ἐνάμιλλος δʼ ἐστὶν αὐτῇ καὶ ἡ Ἰβηρική·
In Cappadocia is also produced the so-called Sinopean red earth, the best of all; and the Iberian is rival to it.
ὠνομάσθη δὲ Σινωπικὴ διότι κατάγειν ἐκεῖσε εἰώθεσαν οἱ ἔμποροι πρὶν ἢ τὸ τῶν Ἐφεσίων ἐμπόριον μέχρι τῶν ἐνθάδε ἀνθρώπων διῖχθαι.
It was named Sinopean because the merchants used to bring it down there before the trade of the Ephesians had extended to the people here.
λέγεται δὲ καὶ κρυστάλλου πλάκας καὶ ὀνυχίτου λίθου πλησίον τῆς τῶν Γαλατῶν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀρχελάου μεταλλευτῶν εὑρῆσθαι.
It is also said that slabs of crystal and onyx stone were found near the land of the Galatians by the miners of Archelaus.
ἦν δέ τις τόπος καὶ λίθου λευκοῦ τῷ ἐλέφαντι κατὰ τὴν χρόαν ἐμφεροῦς ὥσπερ ἀκόνας τινὰς οὐ μεγάλας ἐκφέρων, ἐξ ὧν τὰ λάβια τοῖς μαχαιρίοις κατεσκεύαζον· ἄλλος δὲ εἰς διόπτρας βώλους μεγάλας ἐκδιδούς, ὥστε καὶ ἔξω κομίζεσθαι.
There was also a certain place producing a white stone resembling ivory in color, which yielded small blocks like whetstones, from which they manufactured the handles for small knives; and another place yielding large blocks for window-panes, so that they were even exported abroad.
ὅριον δʼ ἐστὶ τοῦ Πόντου καὶ τῆς Καππαδοκίας ὀρεινή τις παράλληλος τῷ Ταύρῳ, τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχουσα ἀπὸ τῶν ἑσπερίων ἄκρων τῆς Χαμμανηνῆς, ἐφʼ ἧς ἵδρυται φρούριον ἀπότομον Δασμένδα, μέχρι τῶν ἑωθινῶν τῆς Λαουιανσηνῆς.
The boundary between the Pontus and Cappadocia is a certain mountainous tract parallel to the Taurus, having its beginning from the western extremities of Chammanene, upon which is situated the precipitous fortress Dasmenda, and extending to the eastern parts of Laviansene.
στρατηγίαι δʼ εἰσὶ τῆς Καππαδοκίας ἥ τε Χαμμανηνὴ καὶ ἡ Λαουιανσηνή.
Chammanene and Laviansene are prefectures of Cappadocia.
§12.2.11συνέβη δέ, ἡνίκα πρῶτον Ῥωμαῖοι τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν διῴκουν νικήσαντες Ἀντίοχον, καὶ φιλίας καὶ συμμαχίας ἐποιοῦντο πρός τε τὰ ἔθνη καὶ τοὺς βασιλέας, τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις βασιλεῦσιν αὐτοῖς καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς δοθῆναι τὴν τιμὴν ταύτην, τῷ δὲ Καππάδοκι καὶ αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ ἔθνει κοινῇ.
It happened that, when the Romans first regulated the affairs of Asia after defeating Antiochus, and made treaties of friendship and alliance with both the nations and the kings, this honor was given to the other kings individually, but to the Cappadocian king and to the nation jointly.
ἐκλιπόντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γένους οἱ μὲν Ῥωμαῖοι συνεχώρουν αὐτοῖς αὐτονομεῖσθαι κατὰ τὴν συγκειμένην φιλίαν τε καὶ συμμαχίαν πρὸς τὸ ἔθνος, οἱ δὲ πρεσβευσάμενοι τὴν μὲν ἐλευθερίαν παρῃτοῦντο (οὐ γὰρ δύνασθαι φέρειν αὐτὴν ἔφασαν), βασιλέα δʼ ἠξίουν αὐτοῖς ἀποδειχθῆναι.
When the royal line became extinct, the Romans permitted them to govern themselves in accordance with the established friendship and alliance with the nation, but they, having sent ambassadors, declined freedom (for they said they were not able to bear it) and requested that a king be appointed for them.
οἱ δὲ θαυμάσαντες εἴ τινες οὕτως εἶεν ἀπειρηκότες πρὸς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἐπέτρεψαν δʼ οὖν αὐτοῖς ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἑλέσθαι κατὰ χειροτονίαν ὃν ἂν βούλωνται· καὶ εἵλοντο Ἀριοβαρζάνην·
The Romans, though wondering if there were any people so exhausted in respect to freedom, nevertheless permitted them to choose from among themselves by vote whomsoever they wished; and they chose Ariobarzanes.
εἰς τριγονίαν δὲ προελθόντος τοῦ γένους ἐξέλιπε, κατεστάθη δʼ ὁ Ἀρχέλαος οὐδὲν προσήκων αὐτοῖς Ἀντωνίου καταστήσαντος.
When the family had advanced to the third generation, it became extinct, and Archelaus, who was in no way related to them, was established as king, Antony having appointed him.
ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τῆς μεγάλης Καππαδοκίας· περὶ δὲ τῆς τραχείας Κιλικίας τῆς προστεθείσης αὐτῇ βέλτιόν ἐστιν ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς ὅλης Κιλικίας λόγῳ διελθεῖν.
This is all concerning Great Cappadocia; as for Cilicia Tracheia, which was added to it, it is better to traverse it in the account of the whole of Cilicia.