place
Cybistra
also: Cybistra
A town in south-eastern Cappadocia below Mount Taurus, near the Cilician border. Cicero pitched camp there for three days in 51 BC, dealing with King Ariobarzanes and watching Syria and Armenia (Fam. 15.2).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 15.2 §2 pitched camp at Cybistra, a town under Mount Taurus
Cybistra lay in south-eastern Cappadocia at the foot of the Taurus, near the Cilician Gates; Cicero used it as a forward base to watch Syria, Armenia, and the Cappadocian court.