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 | | Olympos was founded in the 3C BC and became one of the six major cities of the Lycian League. |
 | | During the Roman period, Olympos became quite famous with the cult of Hephaistos which was whorshipped at Çıralı, higher in the mountain. |
 | | But in the 1C BC, like Olympos, Phaselis was under the constant threat of the Cilician pirates who even took the place for a period and set it on fire when they were defeated by Rome to which the city was linked in 42 BC. |
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