Ancyra (now Angora), an ancient city of Asia Minor, originally in Phrygia, said to have been built by Midas, and to have derived its name from an anchor found on the place where it stood. It was enlarged by Augustus, was made the capital of the province of Galatia, and became a principal depot of the Romans for the productions of the East. A copy on marble blocks, erected by the inhabitants of Ancyra, of the inscriptions of Augustus's Roman bronze tablets, which was discovered by Tournefort, and has since been often expounded by antiquaries, is known under the name of Monumentum Ancyranum.