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687 BCE - 546 BCEMermnad dynasty rules Lydia.
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687 BCE - 652 BCEKing Gyges rules Lydia and expands its borders. Sardis becomes Lydian capital.
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609 BCE - 560 BCEReign of Alyattes of Lydia. Minting of first coins made from electrum.
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560 BCE - 547 BCEReign of Croesus of Lydia.
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499 BCE - 494 BCEIonian cities rebel against Persian rule.
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c. 498 BCEIonians and Greek allies invade and burn Sardis (capital of Lydia).
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334 BCESardis surrenders to Alexander the Great.
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May 334 BCEAlexander invades the Persian empire.
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280 BCELydia becomes a part of the Seleucid Empire.
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133 BCELydia and its captial Sardis comes under Roman rule.
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17 BCEAn earthquake destroys 12 cities in Lydia and affects Sardis.
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616 CESardis' civc life comes to an end. A Persian army penetrates the Roman defensive lines that had been deployed in eastern Anatolia. Soon after, part of that region falls to the Persians, including Sardis.