Name Siege Sardis Role Battle | Date December 547 BC | |
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Similar Battle of Thymbra, Ionian Revolt, Battle of Opis, First Persian invasion, Second Persian invasion | ||
History of battle the siege of sardis 546 bce
In the Siege of Sardis (547/546 BC), the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great, Cyrus followed Croesus to his city. He laid siege to it for 14 days, and then captured it.
The siege was to be known as the final event before Lydia was officially annexed by the Achaemenid Empire. The Ionians and other Asiatic Greeks revolted against Cyrus, and the revolt was finally put down by his best commander Harpagus the Mede in 542 BC.
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