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Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire.
Lydian power came to an abrupt end with the fall of their capital in events subsequent to the Battle of Halys in 585 BC and defeat by Cyrus the Great in 546 BC. Map of the Lydian Empire in its final period of sovereignty under Croesus, 6th century BC. (7th century BC boundary in red)
This article lists the known kings of Lydia, both legendary and historical.Lydia was an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia during the first millennium BC. It may have originated as a country in the second millennium BC and was possibly called Maeonia at one time, given that Herodotus says the people were called Maeonians before they became known as Lydians.
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Date: 29 April 2013, 14:17:54: Source: Original picture: File:Map of Lydia ancient times.jpg; Info from these maps: Map 1 (brown): "middle of the 6th century at the time of King Croesus"
Map of the Lydian Empire under Croesus c. 547 BCE. (Borders are in red) The Kingdom of Lydia entered the historical record in 660 BCE, when the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal demanded tribute from the Lydian king, "Gyges of Luddi." The grandson of Gyges, Alyattes, built the Lydian Empire during his fifty-seven-year reign.
The Satrapy of Lydia, known as Sparda in Old Persian (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda), [1] was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Empire, located in the ancient kingdom of Lydia, with Sardis as its capital.
The kingdom of Lydia came to an end with the fall of Sardis, and its subjection was confirmed in an unsuccessful revolt in the following year that was promptly crushed by Cyrus's lieutenants. The Aeolian and Ionian cities on the coast of Asia-Minor , formerly tributaries of Lydia, were likewise conquered not long afterward.