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title: Ruins of Sardis
author: Monsieurdl
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2316/ruins-of-sardis/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ruins of Sardis
_Authored by Monsieurdl_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2316.jpg)
## Image Caption
Ruins of the ancient [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of [Sardis](https://www.worldhistory.org/sardis/), the capital of the kingdom of [Lydia](https://www.worldhistory.org/lydia/), located in western [Anatolia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/), present-day western [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/).
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Monsieurdl. (2014, March 20). Ruins of Sardis. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RuinsofSardis.jpg) by [**Monsieurdl**](http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RuinsofSardis.jpg). Submitted by [Cristian Violatti](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/violatti/ "User Page: Cristian Violatti"), published on 20 March 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.