What the records say
- When
- Dec 547 BCE
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 38.49° N, 28.04° E
- Description
- a battle for establishing the greatest empire of east
Siege of Sardis (547 BC)
Battle between Persia and Lydia
The Siege of Sardis was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great. In the battle, Croesus was defeated and was forced to retreat to his capital at Sardis. Cyrus promptly followed Croesus to his city, laid siege to it for 14 days and captured it along with Croesus.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page