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Tears of Brutus
Nearly 400 years will pass after the Persians occupied Xan-
thos, and the people of Xanthos will experience a similar inva-
sion for the second time, but nothing will be lost in the honor of
this great nation, and they will defend their homeland until the
last drop of their blood. This time, they are faced with the Roman
army with the famous commander Brutus at its head.
At the end of the 1st century BC., changes are planned due
to the civil wars in Rome. So much so that the commander Bru-
tus was assigned to come to Lycia in 42 BC. to collect money.
Thereupon, the Xanthians, who were informed that Brutus was
approaching their city with his army, dug a large trench around
the city and opened fire on the approaching Roman army. Al-
though the Romans were stopped for a time because of the
trench and the fire, they managed to fill the trench with soil on
the orders of Brutus and imprisoned the people of Xanthos in
their own city. Afterwards, they brought war invasion vehicles
and destroyed the high walls of Xanthos. When the Xanthians re-
sisted this situation, they
encountered a trap. The
Xanthians, who went out
again to the point where
the old ditch was, were
killed because the gates
were closed in their faces
by the guards who were
afraid that they would
come with them. With this
advantage, Brutus pre-
pared a second trap with
his army, this time setting
the war machines on fire
and leaving the doors
open. In this way, when
the Xanthians returned,
Fig. 49: Portrait of Brutus in Marble.
the Roman soldiers were
30-15 BC. Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)

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