Two New Milestones of Nerva and Trajan/Carus on the Road from Caesarea to Melitene

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 6, 35 - 41, 15.12.2020

Ferit Baz

https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202002

Öz

The article presents two new milestones of Nerva and Trajan from Cappadocia. The first milestone, dated to the reign of Nerva, bears a Greek inscription, while the second one with a Latin text is dated to the reign of Trajan. The new Nervan milestone is the second one in the territory of Hierapolis having a Greek inscription. The Traianic milestone was reused under the reign of Carus. Both monuments were found on the so called «Bağdat Yolu» and provide further evidence for the route of the road between Caesarea, the capital of the province, and Melitene, the base of the Legio XII Fulminata. Although both milestones have been erected in the territory of Comana/Hierapolis, they do not mention the name of that city. Instead, they give a distance from the capital of the province. The author considers that the new milestones provide the earliest evidence for the repair of roads on the territory of Hierapolis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Milestone, Comana/Hierapolis, Cappadocia, Nerva, Trajan, Carus

Kaisareia-Melitene Yolu Üzerinde Nerva ve Traianus/Carus Dönemlerine ait İki Yeni Miltaşı

Öz

Makalede Kappadokia’dan imparatorlar Nerva ve Traianus/Carus dönemlerine tarihlenen iki yeni miltaşı tanıtılmaktadır. İmparator Nerva (Ms. 96–98) Dönemi’ne ait ilk miltaşı Yunanca bir yazıt taşırken, Latince yazıta sahip ikinci miltaşı ise Trainus’un hükümdarlığına aittir. Nerva Dönemi miltaşı Hierapolis teritoryumunda bulunan Yunanca yazıtlı ikinci miltaşıdır. Traianus Dönemi miltaşı Carus’un egemenliği sırasında yeniden kullanılmıştır. Her iki miltaşı da Bağdat Yolu olarak bilinen mevkide bulunmuştur ve eyalet başkenti olan Kaisareia ile Legio XII Fulminata’nın üssü olan Melitene arasındaki yolun güzergahı için yeni veriler sunmaktadır. Miltaşları Hierapolis kent teritoryumunda bulunmuş olmalarına rağmen kentin adını anmamaktadırlar. Bunun yerine mesafeyi doğrudan eyalet başkentinden vermektedirler. Yazar, yeni miltaşlarının Hierapolis’in egemenlik sınırlarında kalan yolların onarımı için en erken veriler olduklarını düşünmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Miltaşı, Komana/Hierapolis, Kappadokia, Nerva, Traianus, Carus

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