 The local name was most likely given due to the historical fact that Alexander the Great (reigned 331–323 BC) passed through the Cilician Gates proceeding for the Battle of Issus.Even though it revealed after its decryption that the inscription was dedicated to Caracalla (reigned 198–217 AD), the wrong local name still persists.The inscription was put up to memorize the road-widening construction of the mountain pass for the troops of Caracalla proceeding to the Parthian war in 216–17 AD.