The ancient city Ancyra in central Anatolia, today is Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The Lexham Geographic Commentary has the following info:
Ancyra (modern Ankara) was the second metropolis of Phrygia after Gordium, and both the Persians and the Seleucids sought to control it. It was situated at the junction of seven key trade routes in northern Asia Minor. Anycra is the caput viae for a group of milestones found around the city that date from the reigns of Titus, Domitian, and Trajan. Around 265 BC the Galatian tribe, Tectosages, made Ancyra its capital after receiving the site from the Pontic kingdom. In the early first century BC Mithradates VI Eupator took control the city until Pompey defeated him in 65 BC. After the Romans annexed Galatia in 25 BC, Augustus made Ancyra the capital of the new province also named Galatia. He founded a colony there around 22–21 BC called Sebasteni Tectosages Ancyrani. (Wilson, M. (2019). Peter’s Christian Communities in Asia Minor (1 Peter 1:1). In B. J. Beitzel, J. Parks, & D. Mangum (Eds.), Lexham Geographic Commentary on Acts through Revelation (p. 612). Lexham Press.
As mentioned above, the Emperor Augustus made Ancyra the capital of the province of Galatia. He built an imperial cult temple there (completed by his successor Tiberius).
Emperor Augustus is mentioned in the Bible as the Roman ruler when Jesus was born (Luke 2:1).
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