What the records say
- When
- Dec 547 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.67° N, 27.83° E
- Description
- battle between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire
Battle of Thymbra
6th-century BC battle between Lydian Kingdom and Achaemenid Empire
The Battle of Thymbra was the decisive battle in the war between Croesus of the Lydian Kingdom and Cyrus II of the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus, after he had pursued Croesus into Lydia after the drawn Battle of Pteria, met the remnants of Croesus' partially disbanded army in battle on the plain north of Sardis in December 547 BC.
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