Bodrum History
Known as the mythological name Halikarnassos, Bodrum is believed to have been founded by the Karians in the XI century. Herodotus states that Halicarnassus was in the Heksapolis unity of the six cities founded by the Dorians in the VII century BC. A competition held in honor of Apollo, won the prize of a Halicarnassus Halicarnassus was excluded from the agreement on not to agree to leave the temple.
Before 550 BC, the king of Lydia Kraissos is known to dominate the city. When the Lydian state was wiped out of history in 546 BC, the Carians entered the Persian sovereignty. Mausolos (377-351 BC) at the time of Mylasa (today's Milas) moved to the capital, Halicarnassus. Satrap of Caria's palace mausoleum in the city, and there were Maussoloio one of the seven wonders of the world.
Maussoloio the unfinished Mausolos period, the construction was continued by his wife and his sister Artemis, but still not completed by then and architects are able to finish building their own facilities. The structure of Mousolos as a tomb and the palace of Mausolos unfortunately could not survive until today. The stones of the work, which were destroyed by a great earthquake, were later used by the Saint John Knights in the construction of the Bodrum Castle.
resistance can show the other Carian city in the region suffered the invasion of the Macedonians managed Mausolos city was able to keep up. which has become a satellite city of Rome in 192 BC, 189 BC, Rhodes seamen, BC 88 in a short time Pantos king Mithridates of sovereignty to the entry. It is known that Halicarnassus took place in the province of Asia when it came to the Roman period.
