MAUSOLUS

MAUSOLUS (Greek. Mausolos), Hellenistic. The ruler in Central Asia in 377/76-353/52 BC was called Per s, satrap, but was essentially an independent ruler from Persia. The state of Moscow included the region of Kariya, part of the terr. Lycia, Heraclea at Latmos, Yasos, part of Lydia. In fact, the islands of Rhodes, Kos, Chios were under the rule of M., with whom M. concluded an alliance agreement. In the 60s, 4th century. M. moved the capital of his state to Halicarnassus, where he built many palaces and temples. The magnificent Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (tomb of M.), erected after the death of M. by order of his wife Artemisia, he was considered one of the seven "wonders of the world" in ancient times.