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کرزوس

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کرزوس

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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

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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
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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