Xanthos Ancient Theater:
Xanthos, with the name of the nearby settlement, Xanthos (Arnna), also known as Kinik, is on the Fethiye-Kas road, 35 km from Kas. away, at the Muğla-Antalya provincial border, separated by the Eşen stream near the Kınık village. The city was the administrative and religious center of the Lycian region (Teke Peninsula). Xanthos, whose history goes back to the VIII century BC. It was an independent city-state until the Persian invasion in 545. Kent İ.Ö. Between the years 475-450, there was a great fire, and his works were significantly damaged during this event. İ.Ö. During the Peloponnesian War in 429-410, they fought with the Athenians, with whom they had good relations before, in order to preserve their independence, and their relations with Athens ended after this date. After Alexander the Great came to the region in 333 BC, they were mostly Hellenized. This period, BC. It was followed by the sovereignty of the Ptolemies in 309. Later, İ.Ö. In 197, King of Syria III. The city that was captured by Antiochus had a brilliant period. İ.Ö. II. Xanthos is the capital of the Lycian Union in the century. İ.Ö. Xanthos, who gained independence in 167 BC, was occupied by the Romans in 42 BC, the Lycian Acropolis to the west of the city was destroyed, and the people of the city were slaughtered. One year after this event, the Roman Emperor Markus Aurelius rebuilt the city from the beginning. Xanthos, which was the center of the bishopric in the Byzantine period, with the beginning of the Arab raids in the region, I.S.VII. century was abandoned.