Polity Lycia (Romans)

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Was a league in Anatolia that detached from the Seleucid Kingdom after the Roman-Seleucid War. It was not an independent state. After twenty years as part of Rhodes, it became a Roman protectorate.

Establishment

  • January 167 BC: Lycia was took back from Rhodes in 168 BC. In these latter stages of the Roman Republic, Lycia (Romans) came to enjoy freedom as a Roman protectorate.

Chronology

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1. Macedonian Wars

Were a seris of conflicts between the Roman Republic and Antigonid Macedonia over control of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean Basin. .

1.1. Third Macedonian War

Was a war fought by Rome against Antigonid Macedonia. The war was won by Rome, and Macedonia was divided in four client states of Rome.

  • January 167 BC: Lycia was took back from Rhodes in 168 BC. In these latter stages of the Roman Republic, Lycia (Romans) came to enjoy freedom as a Roman protectorate.

2. Annexation of Lycia

Roman Emperor Claudius annexed Lycia into the Empire as a province.

  • January 44: Roman emperor Claudius annexed Lycia into the Empire as a province.

Disestablishment

  • January 44: Roman emperor Claudius annexed Lycia into the Empire as a province.