Ancient Likia. Starshov E.

Likia is an ancient country that was once located in Asia Minor and left behind numerous archaeological monuments. In the first millennium BC, Likia already had an original culture: language, writing, architecture. At different times, the country was won by the Persians, Alexander the Great, Romans, the Turks. At the same time, Likia managed to maintain autonomy as part of ancient empires.

The book tells about the historical path of the Lycian people and the fate of their country since the Trojan War - about the centuries -old confrontation with the Rhodes Greeks, the Persian conquest, about the life of Lycians in the Roman and Byzantine empires. In the gallery of historical personalities, the reader will meet Alexander the Great, Ptolemy I, the killer of Caesar Brut, the apostle Paul, St. Nicholas and many others.