Reconsiderations on the Destruction of Mylasa in 40/39 BC by Q. Labienus Parthicus and on Its Consequent Restoration Process
Muzaffer DEMİR Öz: Q. Labienus, MÖ 42 yılında Philippi Savaşı başlamadan önce hali hazırda merhum C. Pompeius Magnus’un taraftarlarını destelemekte olan Parth kralı II. Orodes’ten daha fazla askeri destek almak için Parth sarayına gönderilmişti. Ancak Labienus, G. Cassius Longinus ve M. Iunius Brutus’un bu savaşta yenilmesi üzerine Parth sarayına sığınmak zorunda kaldı. Bunun üzerine II. Orodes, MÖ 41 yılı sonları veya MÖ 40 yılı başlarında Labienus’un hırslı karakterinden faydalanmak istedi ve onun oğlu Pacorus ile birlikte Roma’nın Syria eyaleti içlerine kadar uzanan şiddetli bir saldırı başlatmasını sağladı. Labineus bununla da yetinmeyip Küçük Asia içlerinde Kilikia, Karia, Ionia, Lydia ve hatta Phrygia bölgelerinin bazı kesimlerindeki kentleri ve tapınakları fethetme ve yağmalama harekâtına girişti. MÖ II. yüzyılın ilk yarısından itibaren Roma ile iyi ilişkiler içinde olduğu görülen Mylasa, Labienus’un MÖ 40 yılında talan ettiği kentler arasında en çok yıkıma uğrayanlardan birisi oldu. Biz bu çalışmamızda Labienus’un aldığı kararlarının sebeplerini ve sonuçlarını Mylasa’nın yıkımı örneği bazında açıklamaya çalışacağız. Anahtar Kelimeler: Quintus Labienus Parthicus, Karia, Mylasa, Parthia, Roma Abstract: Before the war of Philippi in 42 BC, Q. Labienus had already left for Parthia in order to get more military support from Orodes II, the Parthian king, as the king was already contributing to the followers of the deceased C. Pompeius Magnus. But G. Cassius Longinus and M. Iunius Brutus were defeated at this war. As a result of this defeat, Labienus had to take refuge in Parthia. Late in 41 or early in 40 BC Orodes II made use of the ambitions of Labienus and along with his son Pacorus he enabled them to embark upon an unusually vigorous and penetrative irruption in the Roman province of Syria. Yet the ambitions of Labienus went further to conquer and plunder some of the cities and the temples of Cilicia, Caria, Ionia, Lydia and even as far as some parts of Phrygia. Mylasa, which was in good relations with Rome starting from the first half of second century BC, was one of the cities worst affected by the invasions of Labienus in 40 BC. In this study, we shall strive to explain the reasons of the decisions of Labienus and its results by concentrating on the case of his devastation of Mylasa. Keywords: Quintus Labienus Parthicus, Caria, Mylasa, Parthia, Rome M. Demir, “Q. Labienus Parthicus’un MÖ 40/39 yılında Mylasa’yı Yıkması ve Kentin Yeniden İmar Süreci Üzerine Değerlendirmeler”. Phaselis V (2019) 175-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.18367/Pha.19012 Muzaffer DEMİR Prof. Dr., Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, MUĞLA
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DOI: 10.18367/Pha.19012
Geliş Tarihi: 26.02.2019 | Kabul Tarihi: 22.05.2019
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