Catalogue of Roman colonies in Asia Minor
PROVINCE OF ASIA
Colony: Parion: C(olonia) G(emella ή -emina) I(ulia) P(ariana)
Founder: Augustus (after 31 BC)
Colony: Alexandria Troas: Aurelia Antoniniana (on coins of Caracalla)
Tribe: Aniensis
Founder: Augustus (27-12 BC)
PROVINCE OF BITHYNIA-PONTUS
Colony: Sinope: Colonia Iulia (Caesarea) Felix Sinope
Year of foundation: 46/5 BC (?)
Colony: Herakleia Pontike
Founder: possibly Julius Caesar (shortly after 45 BC)
Colony: Apamea Myrleia: Colonia Iulia Concordia (Augusta) Apamea
Founder: Julius Caesar (shortly after 45 BC)
PROVINCE OF CAPPADOCIA
Colony: Archelais
Founder: Claudius
Colony: Faustinopolis: Colonia Faustiniana
Founder: Marcus Aurelius
Colony: Tyana: Antoniniana Colonia Tyana
Founder: Caracalla
PROVINCE OF GALATIA
Colony: Antioch of Pisidia: Colonia Caesarea (Antiochia)
Founder: Augustus (shortly after 25 BC)
Colony: Parlais: Colonia Iulia Augusta Parlais
Founder: Augustus (shortly after 25 BC)
Aποικία: Cremna: Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Cremna
Founder: Augustus (shortly after 25 BC)
Colony: Olbasa: Colonia Iulia Augusta Olbasa/Olbasenorum
Founder: Augustus (shortly after 25 BC)
Colony: Comama: Colonia Iulia Augusta (Prima Fida) Comama
Founder: Augustus (shortly after 25 BC)
Colony: Lustra: Colonia Iulia Gemina Felix (Lustra)
Founder: Augustus (shortly after 25 BC)
Colony: Germa: Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Founder: Augustus or Domitian
Colony: Iconium: Colonia Claudia Iconium / Colonia Aelia Iconiensis Colonia Hadriana Augusta Iconiensium
Founder: Claudius or Hadrian
PROVINCE OF CILICIA
Colony: Ninica: Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Ninica Claudiopolis
Founder: Augustus or Domitian
General comments: All the colonies in Galatia founded by Augustus (except Antioch of Pisidia) were called Iulia Augusta (see Lustra: Iulia). Sinope, Herakleia Pontike and Apamea Myrleia of the Bithynia-Pontus province were civilian and not veteran colonies. Bowersock, G.W., Augustus and the Greek World (Oxford 1965), p. 64.
General bibliography: Vittinghoff, Fr., Römische Kolonisation und Bürgerrechtspolitik (Wiesbaden 1952), Levick, B., Roman Colonies in Southern Asia Minor (Oxford 1967), Jones, A.H.M., The cities of the eastern Roman provinces (Oxford 1971), Macro, A.D., “The Cities of Asia Minor under the Roman Imperium”, ANRW II, 7.2 (1980).