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The siege of Sardis, 19th-century engraving The Sardis citadel, seen from the west Cyrus had issued orders for Croesus to be spared, and the latter was hauled a captive before his exulting foe. Cyrus' first intentions to burn Croesus alive on a pyre were soon diverted by the impulse of mercy for a fallen foe and, according to ancient versions ...
The siege of Sardis was the first major engagement of the Ionian Revolt. An allied Greek army launched an attack on the Persian satrapal capital of Sardis but were ultimately repelled by Persian forces, however most of the city was set alight during the siege. Remains of the acropolis of Sardis
The Battle of Thymbra was the decisive battle in the war between Croesus of the Lydian Kingdom and Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire.Cyrus, after he had pursued Croesus into Lydia after the drawn Battle of Pteria, met the remains of Croesus' partially-disbanded army in battle on the plain north of Sardis in December 547 BC.
After the Siege of Sardis (498 BC), the Greeks set fires that burned Sardis to the ground. Aristagoras then attempted to convince other Ionian cities to revolt and visited the Greek mainland in an attempt to find allies. [22] He was successful in convincing Athens and Eretria to provide ships and men. [23]
Siege of Sardis may refer to: Siege of Sardis (547 BC) , the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great Siege of Sardis (498 BC) between the people of Sardis and an alliance of Greeks from Ionia, Athens, and Eretria
Siege of Sardis (498 BC) Siege of Sardis (547 BC) T. Siege of Tyre (332 BC) This page was last edited on 20 May 2024, at 20:57 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
But if Siege of Sardis (498 BC) has a date, why not siege of sardis which was not even the first siege to happen there. And the siege of sardis was a very important outcome in history of Cyrus the Great, and its even in his campagain box, so like other sieges of Alexander and Hannibal, this one definitly needs a date, thats it.----
Several scenarios are included such as a Pictish attack on Hadrian's Wall, the siege of a castle from 400 AD and the siege of a walled city from 1400 AD. [1] A 16" x 21" hex grid map is included that has a variety of terrain as well as a town and motte and bailey surrounded by a curtain wall .