Olympos, One Of The Most Humid Port Cities Of Ancient Lycia, Antalya, Turkey Royalty-Free Stock Photography

B.C. In 78, the Roman commander Servilius Isaurieus cleared Olympos from the pirates and added the city to the Roman lands. Olympos was invaded by the Knights of Venice, Genoese and Rhodes during the Crusades and joined the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century during the reign of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. After the Middle Ages, the city, which had no Turkish settlement until recently, was only used as a barracks by nomads.