Croesus | |
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King of Lydia | |
Reign | c. 585 – c. 546 BC |
Predecessor | Alyattes of Lydia |
Successor | Cyrus II of Persia |
Born | 7th/6th century BCE Lydia |
Died | 6th century BCE Sardis, Lydia |
Issue | 2, including Atys |
Father | Alyattes of Lydia |
Croesus (/ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; Phrygian: Akriaewais;[1] Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroisos; Latin: Croesus; reigned: c. 585 – c. 546 BC[2]) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC.[3][2] According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years. Croesus was renowned for his wealth; Herodotus and Pausanias noted that his gifts were preserved at Delphi.[4] The fall of Croesus had a profound effect on the Greeks, providing a fixed point in their calendar. "By the fifth century at least", J. A. S. Evans has remarked, "Croesus had become a figure of myth, who stood outside the conventional restraints of chronology."[5]
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