New localizations on geography of Lycian settlements

vuı SUMMARY The monument of Stadiasmus Patarensis built in 45 AD shows that the then recently founded Lycian province included numerous regions and cities. Some of the cities mentioned on the monument are not known from any other source. Other cities from the Stadiasmus are mentioned in other ancient sources, but their location is unknown. The aim of this thesis is to locate the cities whose direction is mentioned in the Stadiasmus Patarensis. To do this, initially the cities whose location is already known to us was plotted on a map and the distance and direction of the individual city was compared to that given on the monument. In order to make a more detailed examination Lycia was divided into four regions by its topographical features - north, south, east and west. The study proceeded from east to west, the borders of the region being drawn according to the ancient historical and epigraphical sources, and the topographical features being noted. All known ancient cities were then plotted on the map and an attempt was made to plot the hitherto unknown cities from the Stadiasmus Patarensis onto the map, using the directions given on the monument, the calibrated distances and the geographical limitations of the region. Ancient sources, epigraphical documents, archaeological remains and modern literature have been examined and compared with the new information from the Stadiasmus Patarensis for the use of this study. According to our results Typallia (= Karabel Mevkii), Koşara (= ruins in Kaplan Dağı), Mnara (= ruins in Kavak Dağı), Kitanaura (= Saraycık Mevkii), Lykai (ruins in Bölüncektaş Tepesi), Pygela (ruins in Kepez Tepe), Laodikea (ruins in Frnncik/Gavurpazan Mevkii), Korykos (= ruins in Deliktaş), Madnausa (= ruins in Kızıldağ?) and Kollyba are located in eastern Lycia. The location of (...)lesei(...) in central Lycia is still unknown but may be clarified through future research. Soklai (= ruins in Söyle Kasabası), Akarassos (= ruins in Elmalı Kasabası), Kodopa (= ruins in Kızılbel?) and Plata(...) are located in northern Lykia. Finally, Kastabara (= ruins in Deliktaş), Oktapolis, Lyrnai (= ruins in Kızılkaya), Hippukome (ruins in İthisar/Atasar) and Symbra (ruins in Nif Köy) are located in western Lykia.