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Ariarathes was a strong Philhellene ; himself honoured with the Athenian citzenship, he refounded the two Cappadocian towns of Mazaca and Tyana with the Greek names of Eusebia. He was munificent in his donations to Athens and its institutions; an inscription remains by an association of professional actors which thanks him and his wife for his patronage. It is also known that he corresponded with the Greek philosopher Carneades , as Diogenes Laertius attests.

  Title King Of Cappadocia
  Before Ariarathes IV
  After Ariarathes VI



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Livy, xlii. 19
Appian, "The Syrian Wars", 47
Polybius, xxxii. 10
Diodorus Siculus , ''Bibliotheca'', xxxi. 3 ; Polybius, iii. 5 , xxxii. 10 , 11 , xxxiii. 12 ; Justin, xxxv. 1 , xxxvii. 1
Diogenes Laertius, ''THe Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers'', iv. 64



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