Croesus

Also known as King of Lydia Kroisos, King Croesus, King of Lydia Crésus, King of Lydia Croesus, König Krösus Lydien, King of Lydia Cresus

Croesus ( ; ) was the last king of Lydia from 561 BC to 547 BC. He ruled Lydia until his defeat at the siege of Sardis by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

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Croesus was the last king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 561 BC until 547 BC, when he was defeated and his reign ended at the siege of Sardis by the Persian king Cyrus the Great. He matters historically as a significant figure who marked the end of Lydia's independence and the expansion of Persian power in the ancient world.

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Royalty.succession: King of Lydia
Royalty.image: Croesus portrait.jpg
Royalty.caption: Depiction of Croesus, Attic red-figure amphora, painted –490 BC
Royalty.predecessor: Alyattes of Lydia
Royalty.successor: Cyrus II of Persia
Royalty.issue: 2, including Atys
Royalty.father: Alyattes of Lydia
Royalty.birth_date: 7th/6th century BCE
Royalty.birth_place: Lydia
Royalty.death_date: 547 BCE
Royalty.death_place: Sardis, Lydia
Royalty.native_lang1: Lydian

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of death: Sardis
Child: Atys
Father: Alyattes of Lydia
Sibling: Aryenis
Occupation: statesperson
Family: Mermnades
Image: Croesus portrait.jpg

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Commons category: Croesus
date of birth: 0596-00-00
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
name in native language: Κροῖσος
cause of death: death by burning
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
relative: Cyaxares
significant place: Lydia

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Contents

Name
Life and reign
Conquests
Other domains of the Lydian Empire under Croesus
International relations
Votive offerings to Delphi
Coinage
Interview with Solon
War against Persia and defeat
Later life and death
Legacy
In popular culture
See also
References
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Croesus ( ; ) was the last king of Lydia from 561 BC to 547 BC. He ruled Lydia until his defeat at the siege of Sardis by the Persian king Cyrus the Great. According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years. Croesus was renowned for his wealth; Herodotus and Pausanias noted that his gifts were preserved at Delphi.

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."

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Croesus

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