It was named after the empress Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, who died in a village there.
[1] Hierocles assigns the place to Cappadocia Secunda,[2] and it is also mentioned in the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries.
The town was close to the defiles of the Cilician Gates, and was likely situated at modern-day Başmakçı, Niğde Province, Turkey.
[3] Following the Muslim conquests and the subsequent Arab raids, the site was abandoned for the nearby fortress of Loulon.
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