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Olympos is a valley at the south coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya city near the Town of Kemer.The city was founded in the Hellenistic period, sharing its name with nearby Mount Olympos (Turkish: Tahtalý Daðý). Its coins date back to the 2nd century BC. The city became one of the six leading cities of the Lycian federation. In the 1st century BC, Olympos was invaded and settled by Cilician pirates. This ended in 78 BC, when the Roman commander Servilius Isaurieus added the city to the Roman Empire. The emperor Hadrian visited the city after which it took the name of Hadrianopolis for a period, in his honour.