Editing Xanthos (section)

===Under the Persian Empire===
The Greek historians [[Herodotus]] and [[Appian]] both described the conquest of the city by the [[Medes|Median]] general [[Harpagus]] on behalf of the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]], According to Herodotus, the [[Persians]] defeated a small Lycian army in the flatlands to the north of the city in {{circa|540 BC}}.<ref name="Pli1">{{cite web |title=Herodotus, The Histories, A.D. Godley, ed.: 176 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.%201.176&lang=original |website=Perseus Digital Library |publisher=[[Tufts University]] |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref> The Lycians retreated into the city, which Harpagus then besieged. The Lycians destroyed their [[acropolis]], and killed their wives, children and slaves, before engaging the enemy in a suicidal attack.{{sfn|Akşit|2006|p=56}} 

During the Persian occupation, a local leadership was installed and by 520&nbsp;BC it was [[Mint (facility)|minting]] coins.{{sfn|Keen|1992|p=58}} By 516&nbsp;BC Xanthos had been included in the first ''Nomos'' of [[Darius I]] in the tribute list.{{sfn|Fitzpatrick-McKinley|2015|p=98}}