How do you use Lycia in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Lycia meaning
- A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
- A former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia.
Synonyms of Lycia
Using Lycia
- The main meaning on this page is: A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. | A former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia.
- Useful related words include: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region.
- In the example corpus, lycia often appears in combinations such as: of lycia, in lycia, lycia was.
Context around Lycia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lycia
- In this selection, "lycia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, speakers, gave, presumably, fell and may stand out and add context to how "lycia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 412 bc lycia is documented and annexation of lycia seems to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lycia" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lycia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lycia fell into the hands of the general Antigonus by 304 BC. (12 words)
Another sanctuary, more recently identified, was at Oenoanda in the north of Lycia. (13 words)
They knew nothing of the Hittite Empire or the state of Lycia within it. (14 words)
The annexation of Lycia seems to fit the common reason for annexing Roman client states or allies in this period: the loss on stability due to internal strife or, in some cases, the weakening or end of a ruling dynasty. (40 words)
Histories, Book I, Section 176. If there was an attempt by any of the states of Lycia to join forces, as happened in Greece 50 years later, there is no record of it, suggesting that no central government existed. (39 words)
The Lycians once again fell under Persian domination, and were ruled by men such as Mithrapata (late 4th century BC), whose name was Persian, and by 412 BC, Lycia is documented as fighting on the winning side of Persia. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Concluding that this person was the conqueror of Lycia in 546, Fellows conjectured that Harpagos had been made permanent satrap of Lycia for his services; moreover, the position was hereditary, creating a Harpagid Dynasty.
An Iranian family, however, producing some other Harpagids, did live in Lycia and was of sufficient rank to marry the king's daughter.
Another sanctuary, more recently identified, was at Oenoanda in the north of Lycia.
Complete assimilation to Greek occurred in the 4th century, after Lycia had come under Alexander the Great and his fellow Macedonians.
Due to the influx of Greek speakers and the sparsity of the remaining Lycian speakers, Lycia was totally Hellenized under the Macedonians.
Herodotus said nothing of the remainder of Lycia; presumably, that is true because they submitted without further incident.
Histories, Book I, Section 176. If there was an attempt by any of the states of Lycia to join forces, as happened in Greece 50 years later, there is no record of it, suggesting that no central government existed.
In this interpretation, Apollo's title of Lykegenes can simply be read as "born in Lycia", which effectively severs the god's supposed link with wolves (possibly a folk etymology ).
Lycia already had been hosting a small enclave of the Dorian Greeks as Doris for some centuries.
Lycia fell into the hands of the general Antigonus by 304 BC.
Lycia may have been a member state of the Assuwa league of c. 1250 BC, appearing as Lukka or Luqqa.
Lycia was annexed, but the Lycian League was retained as so were self-governance regarding most local matters according to local traditional laws and the League's authority over local courts.
On defeating Antiochus III in 188 BC the Romans gave Lycia to Rhodes for 20 years, taking it back in 168 BC.
Proetus then sent Bellerophon to Iobates in Lycia, with a letter in which Iobates was desired to murder Bellerophon.
Successful Amazon raids against Lycia and Cilicia contrasted with effective resistance by Lydian cavalry against the invaders ( Strabo 5.504; Nicholas Damascenus).
The annexation of Lycia seems to fit the common reason for annexing Roman client states or allies in this period: the loss on stability due to internal strife or, in some cases, the weakening or end of a ruling dynasty.
The Lycians once again fell under Persian domination, and were ruled by men such as Mithrapata (late 4th century BC), whose name was Persian, and by 412 BC, Lycia is documented as fighting on the winning side of Persia.
They knew nothing of the Hittite Empire or the state of Lycia within it.
They landed in Milyas, bearing the ancient name of the country known later as Lycia, which was tenanted by the Solymi.
We do not know when for sure whether it the was formed before or after Lycia was removed from Rhodian control.
Common combinations with lycia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of lycia 7×
- in lycia 3×
- lycia was 3×
- lycia and 2×
- after lycia 2×
- lycia to 2×
- lycia which 2×