Sebaste
Sebaste () was a common placename in classical Antiquity. Sebaste was the Greek equivalent (feminine) of the Latin Augusta. Ancient towns by the name sought to honor Augustus or a later Roman emperor. Sebaste may refer to: Places in Turkey Sivas, a city in Sivas Province as Sebastea or Sebaste di Armenia, a former Metropolitan archbishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see Sebaste in Phrygia, town of ancient Phrygia, now in Turkey Elaiussa Sebaste, or Sebaste in Cilicia, near modern Ayas, in Mersin Province Cabira, later called Sebaste during Roman times Niksar, in modern Tokat Province, called Sebaste during Roman times Pompeiopolis, later called Sebaste during Roman times Other places Sebastia, Nablus, or Sebaste in Palæstina, a village in the West Bank, known as Samaria before 30 BCE and Sebaste in Latin Sebaste, Antique, a municipality in the Philippines See also Sebasteia Sebastopolis (disambiguation) Sebastos (Augustus)