Bolu’dan Caracalla Dönemi’ne ait bir ad fines Miltaşı

Abstract

This article presents a new milestone from eastern Bithynia, found near the centre of Bolu (Klaudiupolis) in the district of Paşaköy. Dating from the period of Emperor Caracalla (A.D. 211–218), the inscription contains the ad fines expression, used in Asia Minor, especially in Bithy­nia. The meaning of ad fines has been discussed by scholars for the last hunderd years or so. After an overview of the various interpretations of the ad fines-formula I propose a possible solut­ion con­cern­ing the use of the expression in Bithynia. This new milestone reads as follows: “With good fortune. To Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus, pater patriae, Parthicus Maximus, Britannicus, from Bithnion Hadriana towards the border ---.”