Defeat of Croesus at Thymbra

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Unknown Artist
published on 02 November 2022

The Battle of Thymbra (547 BCE) was the decisive engagement between Cyrus II (the Great, r. c. 550-530 BCE) of Persia and Croesus (r. 560-546 BCE), King of Lydia. The Persian victory, achieved in part by the use of camels, ended the Kingdom of Lydia. (From the History of the Nations by Walter Hutchinson)

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