Etrusco ritu

Amida city was at the heart of the Roman Republic, labelled as the 'etrusco ritu' by the Roman Emperor Constantius II.

Amida was at the strategic crossroads which were often called the 'Tabula Imperii Byzantini' which exemplifies that urban developments provided cultural synapsis for a large group of peoples mainly Greek neighbourhoods.

Essentially, interwoven the roads of pilgrims existed from west to Anatolia, These included Ancyra in Galatia.