Water God Cults of Lykaonia Region in Roman Period

The region that involved Konya and Karaman in Classical Age is called as Lykaonia. About the name of Lykaonia, it is accepted that this name is rooted in Lukka in Hittites period. A far cry boundary definitions relating to Lykaonia are given in ancient sources. In an ancient age, there was Phrygia Paroreus in the west of Lykaonia; Laranda and Kybistra in the east of Lykaonia; Ancient ？sauria, Homanades and East Pisidia in the south of Lykaonia. Accordingly, since Lykaonia region is at the center of Anatolia, there was a cultural intensity and variety. As in every geography where human beings exist, belief system continued it’s cult existence for god or the gods. However, the studies conducted in the region determined the existence of the cults that belong to river gods and Poseidon in the Roman period. The data related to this cults situation, which is updated with new researches, is reached by means of archaeological materials depicted and depicted on grave structures, on the embossed rock monument unearthed in various ways, architectural block, coins