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The siege of Sardis, 19th-century engraving The Sardis citadel, seen from the west Cyrus had issued orders for Croesus to be spared, and the latter was hauled a captive before his exulting foe. Cyrus' first intentions to burn Croesus alive on a pyre were soon diverted by the impulse of mercy for a fallen foe and, according to ancient versions ...
The Battle of Thymbra was the decisive battle in the war between Croesus of the Lydian Kingdom and Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire.Cyrus, after he had pursued Croesus into Lydia after the drawn Battle of Pteria, met the remains of Croesus' partially-disbanded army in battle on the plain north of Sardis in December 547 BC.
Siege of Sardis may refer to: Siege of Sardis (547 BC) , the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great Siege of Sardis (498 BC) between the people of Sardis and an alliance of Greeks from Ionia, Athens, and Eretria
Despite the arrival of winter, Cyrus continued his march on Sardis. [11] The dispersal of Croesus' army exposed Lydia to the unexpected winter campaign of Cyrus, who almost immediately followed Croesus back to Sardis. [11] The rival kings fought again at the Battle of Thymbra, before Sardis, which ended in a decisive victory for Cyrus the Great ...
The siege of Sardis was the first major engagement of the Ionian Revolt. An allied Greek army launched an attack on the Persian satrapal capital of Sardis but were ultimately repelled by Persian forces, however most of the city was set alight during the siege. Remains of the acropolis of Sardis
In 525 BC an oligarchy began to rule Naxos but by 503 BC the oligarchs were expelled by the democratic party and a constitution was created. [13] The Siege of Naxos (499 BC) occurred because the expelled oligarchs then went to Miletus and asked if Aristagoras , the acting tyrant of Miletus, was able to give them enough force to regain their ...
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The year 547 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire , it was known as year 207 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 547 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.