 The rugged coastline favored well-defended ports from which, in troubled times, Lycian pirate fleets sallied forth.The principal cities of ancient Lycia were Xanthos, Patara, Myra, Pinara, Tlos and Olympos (each entitled to three votes in the Lycian League) and Phaselis.Cities such as Telmessos and Krya were sometimes listed by Classical authors as Carian and sometimes as Lycian.