Croesus
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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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Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- King of Lydia
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- Croesus portrait.jpg
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- Depiction of Croesus, Attic red-figure amphora, painted –490 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Alyattes of Lydia
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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
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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."