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Mylasa 10 pictures Mylasa was a Carian city close to the religious center Labranda. King Mausolus was born in this city who later on, made it the capital during his reign. In 334 B.C. Alexander the great, in his campaign in Asia, conquered south-western Anatolia, as well as Mylasa, but later gave this territory to Ada, the Carian queen. In 189 B.C. Antiochus III, the king of Syria, was defeated by the Romans and had to leave many of the Carian cities, excepting Mylasa to Rhodians. In 143 B.C. Mylasa was appointed by the Roman Emperor Macmilius to act as adjudicator in a dispute and thus became the seat of conventus, where the Roman governors presided the assizes. The last king of Pergamun, Attalos III, donated Mylasa to Rome in 129 B.C., and the city was reigned by Roman rulers. Gumuskesen Monumental Tomb The most important ancient structure of Mylasa is the well-preserved tomb called Gumuskesen, which seems to be a smaller copy of the Mausoleum. It dates from the 2^nd century A.D. Back to Turkey Index