Lycia

A coastal region in southwestern Anatolia, with an exceedingly rugged upland interior behind it. Located between Caria to the west and Paphlagonia to the east, the region has always had a reputation for harbouring fiercely independent inhabitants. The area is noted first as a haunt of pirates for nearly all it's recorded history, and secondly for the fact that the inhabitants of it's chief city, Xanthus, committed mass suicide on two separate occasions (546 BCE and 42 BCE) rather than be conquered by opponent armies.

• To the Luvians.................................c. 2000-c. 1300
• The Lukka Known in Greek histories as the Termilae.
• Iobates................................................1300's
• Bellerophon the Corinthian
• Hippolochus
• Glaucus...........................................late 1200's with...
• Sarpedon..........................................late 1200's  and...
• Megaryon..........................................late 1200's
• ??
• Lycus
• To Persia..........................................546-335
  • Normally within the satrapy of Caria except for brief interludes of autonomy:
  • Zopyrus.......................................mid 400's
  • Kherei..............................probably late 400's
  • Pericles......................................fl. 390's
• To Macedon.........................................335-305
  • Nearkhos the Admiral (also in Pamphylia)...c. 333-300
  • Nearkhos was Alexander the Great's friend and his chief Admiral. He was satrap of Lycia and later joined with Antigonos during the succession struggles which followed Alexander's death.
• To the Kingdom of Antigonus........................305-295
• To Egypt...........................................295-272
• To the Seleucid Empire.............................272-189
• To Pergamum........................................189-133
• To the Roman Republic..............................133-27
  • Xanthus The chief city and capital of the region.
  • Autonomous under Roman supervision............133-42 BCE
• To the Roman Empire.............................27 BCE-395 CE
• To the Byzantine Empire............................395-1071
• To the Seljuqs....................................1071-1098
• To the Byzantine Empire...........................1098-1204
• To the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum....................1204-1243
• To the Mongols, within Rum as their client........1243-c. 1300
• To Tekke (Antalya).............................c. 1300-1423
• To the Ottoman Empire thereafter...