Lycia in Biblical History

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What is Lycia?
LY'CIA
(lish'ia), a region of Asia Minor, extending along the Mediterranean, just opposite to the island of Rhodes, between Caria and Pamphylia, and covered by the spurs of the Taurus. Having belonged to the empire of Alexander and the Seleucidae, it was for some time in the possession of Rhodes, but made itself independent and became very prosperous, as the ruins of its two largest cities, Patara and Myra, testify. It also acquired some political importance, as shown by 1 Mace. 16:23. In the reign of Claudius it became a Roman province. Paul visited it, and preached the gospel both at Patara, Acts 21:1, and at Myra. Acts 27:5.

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