Gürün
Gürün is the southernmost district of Sivas.
There are some opinions about the past of the settlement in the city of Gurun. On the eastern border of Tabal, the settlement referred to as Tilgarimmu by the Assyrians and Togarmah in Ancient Hebrew sources is thought to be Gürün. There are rock caves within the borders of the Şuğul District in the center of Gurun, and it is thought that these caves were built during the Hittite period in the 2nd millennium BC, based on the Hittite inscriptions in the Şuğul Canyon.
During the reign of the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I (1344-1322 BC), he captured the city of Tegarama during his campaign against the Hurrians in the east. Some researchers associate this city with Gürün. During the reign of Shalmanezer, the Assyrians captured the settlement of Tilgarimmu on the eastern border of the country of Tabal. In these ages, the settlement was in an important position as it was located on the transportation route of the country of Tabal with the countries in the east, thanks to the valley passes. In addition, the presence of iron deposits in the region increased the importance of the ancient settlement.
In Classical Antiquity, the settlement began to be mentioned under the name of Gauraina.
The settlement, which was within the borders of the Cappadocia satrapy during the Achaemenid Empire, was captured by the Macedonian Kingdom in 330 BC. However, soon after, the Kingdom of Cappadocia, which was founded by a dynasty of the Achaemenid satraps, came under its rule. It is located in the territory of the Sargaurasene satrapy, which was ruled by stratigos during the Cappadocia Kingdom. Although it was captured by the Kingdom of Armenia at the beginning of Tigran's reign, the Roman Republic under the command of Lucius Cornelius Sulla soon defeated the Armenian forces and left them to the dependent Kingdom of Cappadocia. The region, which changed hands frequently between the Armenian-Cappadocia kingdoms with the withdrawal of Roman forces, was permanently attached to the Kingdom of Cappadocia as a result of the Battle of Tigranakert, which resulted in the victory of the Roman Republic in 69 BC. The settlement was located within the cities of Cappadocia Province, which was established after the annexation of the Kingdom of Cappadocia by the Roman Empire, and remained within the borders of the Byzantine Empire with the division of the Roman Empire into two.
