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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 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
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; Siege of Sardis (213 BC), fought between ...
Sardis (/ ˈ s ɑːr d ɪ s / SAR-diss) or Sardes (/ ˈ s ɑːr d iː s / SAR-deess; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣, romanized: Šfard; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian: Sparda) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire.
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Siege of Pretoria; Siege of Šabac (1788) Siege of Santo Domingo (1805) Siege of Sardis (547 BC) Siege of Syracuse (827–828) Siege of the Acropolis (1821–1822) Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827) Siege of Theodosiopolis; Siege of Verona; Siege of Viterbo; Siege of Wasit; Siege of Singara (360) Siege of Sofia; Siege of Syracuse (868)
The Satrapy of Lydia at the time Artaphernes came to power in 513 BC. Artaphernes was the son of Hystaspes and brother of Darius I. When Darius took power, he organized his empire into twenty districts called satrapies, regularized tributes that subjects owed, and appointed satraps. [4]
But if Siege of Sardis (498 BC) has a date, why not siege of sardis which was not even the first siege to happen there. And the siege of sardis was a very important outcome in history of Cyrus the Great, and its even in his campagain box, so like other sieges of Alexander and Hannibal, this one definitly needs a date, thats it.----