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687 BCE - 652 BCEKing Gyges rules Lydia and expands its borders. Sardis becomes Lydian capital.
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c. 685 BCE - 546 BCEMermnad Dynasty rules Lydia.
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c. 635 BCE - 585 BCEReign of Alyattes of Lydia. Minting of first coins made from electrum.
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560 BCE - 546 BCEReign of Croesus of Lydia.
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499 BCE - 493 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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215 BCE - 213 BCESiege of Sardis by Antiochus III of the Seleucid Empire; Sardis falls.
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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, including Sardis.
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615 CESardis is sacked by Sassanian Persians; damage is never repaired
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c. 1402 CESardis is abandoned as a ruin.
