What the records say
- When
- 547 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.92° N, 35.33° E
- Description
- battle
Battle of Pteria
Battle between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great of Persian Empire
The Battle of Pteria was fought in 547 BC between the Persian forces of Cyrus the Great and the Lydian forces of Croesus. Both armies suffered heavy casualties in this indecisive battle.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Птерии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page