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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.
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Lydia c. 50 AD, with the main settlements and Greek colonies. Not to be confused with Lycians , another Anatolian people. The Lydians ( Greek : Λυδοί; known as Sparda to the Achaemenids , Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 ) were an Anatolian people living in Lydia , a region in western Anatolia , who spoke the distinctive Lydian ...
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Map showing Sardis and other cities within the Lydian Empire. Shading shows Lydia in the middle of the 6th century BCE at the time of King Croesus; red line shows its earlier extent in the 7th century BCE. Herodotus recounts a legend that the city was founded by the sons of Heracles, the Heracleidae.
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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.