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کرزوس
Sign in to saveAlso known as King of Lydia Kroisos, King Croesus, King of Lydia Crésus, King of Lydia Croesus, König Krösus Lydien, King of Lydia Cresus
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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
- 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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Wikidata facts
- 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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