La Cappadoce et les provinces d’Orient dans l’Antiquité tardive (4e-7e siècle pC)

Although Cappadocia did not become a border province of the Byzantine Empire until the 8th century, it did occupy, particularly its southernmost region, a pivotal position between Anatolia and the Eastern provinces.This location provided a strategic position in the Empire, before weakening after Syria and Mesopotamia passed under Islamic rule. This paper aims at 1) highlighting the close cultural, religious and economic ties that united Cappadocia with Syria and Palestine, precisely when the Eastern Roman Empire began to develop around Constantinople; and 2) analyzing the impact of these links in the very history of Cappadocia. To what extent southern Cappadocia which, for many years, was a contact region, has become a margin