Abstract:

In the treaty of 46 BC between Caesar and the Lycians and in the fragmentary governor inscription from the time of Claudius there are some topographical names which enrich our knowledge of the historical geography of the Elmalı Plain (Northern Lycia). The first text exposes the existence of two mountains with the name Akarassos in the region, one is expressed as Meikron Akarassos Oros, while the other is concluded from the text as Mega Oros Akarassos though it was not reported in the treaty. The former can be identified with Nohutlu Dağ and the latter with Elmalı Dağı. Meikron Akarassos Oros, i.e. the hills of Nohutlu Dağ, also forms the eastern border of Lycia from Asia. This ridge divided the ancient Milyas into two regions on the high plain of Elmalı. The region of the north-eastern Elmalı Plateau is given in text A of the Claudian governor inscription as “Milyas that doesn’t belong to the Lycians”, suggesting that the plain of the same plateau located to the west of Nohutlu Dağ should be “Milyas that belongs to the Lycians”. This paper also proposes that the Μεικρ[- place name mentioned in text A of the same inscription might perhaps be restored as Μεικρ[οτέρα Μιλύας.

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