Lydians
Sign in to savethumb|Lydian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda) of the [[Achaemenid army, Xerxes I tomb, .]] thumb|265px|Lydia , with the main settlements and Greek colonies.
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- Lydian
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thumb|Lydian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda) of the [[Achaemenid army, Xerxes I tomb, .]] thumb|265px|Lydia , with the main settlements and Greek colonies.
The Lydians (Greek: Λυδοί; known as Sparda to the Achaemenids, Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭) were an Anatolian people living in Lydia, a region in western Anatolia, who spoke the distinctive Lydian language, an Indo-European language of the Anatolian group.
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