Abstract:

I t is usually thought so far that Iulius Iulianus demarcated the frontiers as procurator agens vice praesidis between two willages in Phrygian Pınarbaşı, is the governor of joint province of Phrygia-Caria under Valerianus-Gallienus. On the other hand it is accepted for a long time, the first go­vernor of new province separated from old senatorial province Asia and established in the midd­le of the third century, is praeses-legatus Augusti propraetore Quintus Fabius Clodius Agrippia­nus Cel­­sinus (late 249-early 250). Among the governors of Phrygia-Caria there is no any eques­t­rian pro­curator except Iulius Iulianus. The same is also true for the province Asia except very few extra­or­­dinary examples. In the Pınarbaşı inscription, Iulius Iulianus is seen as διέ π οντος κὲ τὰ τῆς ἡγει ­ μο ­­ νίας μέρη Φρυγίας τε κὲ Καρίας . The same statement also seen in Lydian Ağabeyköy in­script­ion should be dated to the Philippus Arabs as διέ π οντ < ο > ς Ἀἰλίου Ἀγλάου τοῦ κρατίστου καὶ τῆς ἀν ­ θυ π ατείας μέρη . It is defended by the author that these two inscriptions must be thought syn­­chro­nously. μέρη indicates the division of Asia and as transitional governors equestrian pro­curatores had the accession in both provinces as procurator agens vice proconsulis and procurator agens vice prae­­­sidis. So Iulius Iulianus should be the first governor of Phrygia-Caria. After him prae­sides – lega­ti Augusti propraetore administered the joint province of Phrygia-Caria. A certain Iulius Iulianus is known also from Nysa ad Maeandrum. This person may be the same with the governor of Phrygia-Caria. Concerning Clodius Celsinus some inscriptions captured either from Phrygia or from Caria by this time. A new Clodius Celsinus inscription from Nysa is being introduced by the author and it is known from this inscription that Nysa is kept in the new joint province of Phrygia-Caria, so Nysa was a Carian city in the 3rd century.

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