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Croesus

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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 a male statesperson belonging to the Mermnades family in Lydia. Born in 596 BCE, he was the son of Alyattes of Lydia and the father of Atys. His sibling was Aryenis, and he was a relative of Cyaxares. His name in the native language is Κροῖσος.

He died in Sardis by burning. Croesus is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa. A quote attributed to him states, "In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons."

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  • “In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.”

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Key facts

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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Encyclopedic overview

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  • 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
  • Works cited
  • External links

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."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Croesus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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