The satrapy of Cappadocia covered the area between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates River, its main cities being Caesarea and Tyana. The first satrap known by name was Ariaramnes of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Under the Persian king Artaxerxes II, Cappadocia was divided into Paphlagonia and Cappadocia proper. From 301 B.C., when Ariarates II ruled Cappadocia, a separate state began to function on the territory of the former satrapy. During the reign of Roman Emperor Tiberius, Cappadocia was transformed into a Roman province. After the fall of the Persian Empire, the former satrapy of Pont functioned as an independent kingdom.
