Xanthus

(zant̸həs)

ancient city in Lycia, SW Asia Minor

See Xanthus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An ancient city of Lycia in present-day southwest Turkey. It was besieged and taken by the Persians (c. 546 B.C.) and the Romans (c. 42 B.C.). Both times the residents destroyed the city before surrendering.
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