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 Kaunus (Caunos)  210 pictures
 6.10 minutes HQ video "... Harpagos, after conquering Ionia, marched over Carians, Caunians and Lycians...", writes Herodotos. This quotation sheds light on the significance of Caunus during the Persian wars in the third quarter of the sixth century B.C. Since here it was mentioned as a district like Caria, and Lycia, it is to be concluded that it was an independent center including some other cities. Dalyan river The founders of the city were indigenous people of Anatolia. In the Lycian version of the trilingual text found in Xanthos the Carian name of Caunus is "Khbide". According to the archaeological evidence gathered up to now, the oldest settlement of the city can be dated to the 10th century B.C. Around 540 B.C. Caunus went under control of the Persians. And since they never deferred to the Anatolian Satrapies and the urban affairs, Caunus, like Xanthos, improved rapidly. However they took part in the Ionian revolt of 500 B.C. against the Persians. Upon the failure, the pressure of the Persians must have increased. After the victory of the Greeks over the Persians in Plataia in 479 B.C. , they chose to join the "Delian League" established in 478-77 B.C. With the "Kings' Truce" between the Persians and the Greeks in 387 B.C. Caunus went again under the control of Persia, was integrated into the Carian Satrapy and became a Carian city. After Alexander's conquest, like all other Carian cities, Caunus was submitted to the control of Ada, sister of Maussollos. The city was invaded by Antigonos in 313 B.C. , and until the beginning of the 2nd century B.C. , when it was under the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, it was ruled by the Seleucid and Ptolemaic Kingdoms alternately. After 190-167 B.C. , when it was under the rule of Rhodes for a while, it was again independent in 167-129 B.C. , and was integrated in 129 B.C. to the Province of Asia established by the Romans. During the Mithradatic wars between 88-84 B.C. , the Romans punished the Caunians because of their opposition by submitting them to the Rhodian rule which they seriously disliked. After a short while though the city had gained its independence Caunus was again under the rule of the Romans. The city was still important during early Christianity as to be represented by one Bishop. From this period on the city gradually lost its importance and was deserted because of malaria due to the silting of the harbor to live for a very short period upon the Acropolis. The Roman Theater  The Palaestra Roman Baths  Temples  Stoa Rock Tombs  Back to Turkey Index
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