Croesus
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croesus-204-12384082
title:
Croesus
text:
Croesus
was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years. Croesus was renowned for his wealth; Herodotus and Pausanias noted that his gifts were preserved at Delphi.
The fall of Croesus had a profound effect on the Greeks, providing a fixed point in their calendar. "By the fifth century at least", J. A. S. Evans has remarked, "Croesus had become a figure of myth, who stood outside the
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King of Lydia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croesus
date created:
2002-08-17T10:17:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T03:18:13Z
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