Editing Xanthos (section)

=== Roman period ===
Xanthus was in the [[Roman province]] of [[Lycia]].{{sfn|Bunson|2014|p=335}} In 42 BC [[Brutus]] came to Lycia in the [[Roman Civil War]]s, to obtain funds for his campaign in that year before the [[Battle of Philippi]]. The Lycian League refused to contribute; Brutus besieged Xanthos and the city was once again destroyed and only 150 Xanthian men survived the carnage. But Plutarch describes the carnage as self-inflicted, with Brutus and his Romans trying but unable to save the city from flames. In his words, 150 “did not escape having their lives saved.” Plutarch explains such suicidal behavior by the city’s similar response to Persian conquest generations earlier.{{sfn|Tempest|2017|pp=246{{ndash}}247}} It was rebuilt under [[Mark Antony]].{{sfn|Akşit|2006|p=60}}

Most of the buildings visible today were built during the later Empire. The town took on a grid plan. A large piazza with porticoes was built in the west, probably where the classical agora was. There was also a triple-naved building which may have started as a pagan basilica and then become a church. There was probably a large porticoed avenue terminated with a gateway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Jacques |first1=des Courtils |last2=Cavalier |first2=Laurence |title=The City of Xanthos from Archaic to Byzantine Times |url=https://www.academia.edu/10481469 |journal=}}</ref>