History of Bodrum
Alexander the Great could not gather himself again after looting the city lost its independence when it was included in the Asian province of the Roman Empire and the Roman adversely affected by the introduction of various wars. B.C. Brutus and Cassius' navy, who had set out to fight with Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra near Rhodes in 46, had visited the port of Myndos-Gumusluk. Later on, there is not a building with a Roman-Byzantine harbor and its city, Myndos, which has survived to the present day except the harbor walls and stone pylon and marble pillars.
From 100 after Christ, undergoing a process of peaceful cities under the auspices of the Roman Empire, after the adoption of Christianity as the official religion in Aphrodisias was managed by the diocese. Between 4th and 6th century Byzantine port town on the slopes of the mountain it was founded Aspat Strobilos. During this period, a large amount of traffic of pilgrims between the monks of the monastery with Heraklia Iassos Rica and is thought to occur. At least one chapel belonging to this age was found in the excavations.
After the Arab influx of the 7th century, the Byzantines remained in power until the 11th century. Afterwards, as a result of the Turkish tribes settling in Anatolia and the Mentkes Principalities occupying Halicarnassus, a small Turkish fortress was built next to the Bodrum Castle. When the mausoleum, which had survived for 1,500 years, disappeared during the severe earthquake of the 13th century, the knights used stones of the ruin in the construction of Bodrum Castle. When we look closely at the castle walls, marble pieces and present different green andesite blocks are removed from the mausoleum specifically for Koyunbaba visited the quarry can still be seen.
