Lycia

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ancient region historical region

Lycia was an ancient region on the southwestern coast of Anatolia, known for its distinctive Lycian civilization, rock-cut tombs, and later incorporation into Greek and Roman spheres.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lycia et Pamphylia 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalFeature pillar tombs ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
sarcophagi ⓘ
borders Caria ⓘ
Pamphylia ⓘ
Pisidia ⓘ
coastType rugged ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
culturalInfluence Greek culture ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ
hasCapital Xanthos ⓘ
hasDeity Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Leto ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature Mediterranean harbors ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
hasInstitution Lycian League ⓘ
hasLanguage Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycian language
hasMajorCity Arycanda ⓘ
Limyra ⓘ
Myra ⓘ
Olympos ⓘ
Patara ⓘ
Phaselis ⓘ
Pinara ⓘ
Kamiros ⓘ
surface form: Tlos

Xanthos ⓘ
hasSanctuary Letoon ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Lycian alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Lycian script
inhabitedBy Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycians
knownFor Hellenistic culture ⓘ
Lycian League ⓘ
Lycian civilization ⓘ
Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycian language

Lycian alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Lycian script

Roman provincial architecture ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
laterPartOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Anatolia ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean coast ⓘ
mentionedInSource Herodotus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
politicalStructure federal league ⓘ
recognizedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Classical Antiquity
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteIncludes Xanthos ⓘ
surface form: Xanthos-Letoon

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leto → LetoonLocation → Lycia ⓘ
Pamphylia → borderedBy → Lycia ⓘ
Caria → borders → Lycia ⓘ
Pamphylia → formedProvince → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycia et Pamphylia
Pamphylia → mergedWith → Lycia ⓘ
Lycian → spokenIn → Lycia ⓘ
Leto → worshippedAt → Lycia ⓘ