Mnara was a centre of the Mnarike region that is mentioned on the Miliarium Lyciae. At the time of military conquest carried out by Alexander the Great’s troops, its name must have been corrupted to Marmara. During the Hellenistic period it was an independent polis.
See:
- Lycian Monuments. https://www.lycianmonuments.com/mnara/
- Northeast Lycia. The New Evidence- The Results from the past ten years from the Bey Mountains Surface Surveys. By NEVZAT ÇEVİK. https://www.academia.edu/2486719/Northeast_Lycia_The_New_Evidence_The_Results_from_the_past_ten_years_from_the_Bey_Mountains_Surface_Surveys
- J. Nollé, Kitanaura. Münzen und Geschichte einer kleinen Stadt in den ostlykischen Bergen, JNG 46, 1996, p. 16

