The Battle of Thymbra was the decisive battle in the war between Croesus of the Lydian Empire against Cyrus of Persia in the last weeks of 547 BC. Cyrus, having pursued Croesus into Lydia following the drawn Battle of Pteria, met the remains of Croesus' partly disbanded army in battle on the plain north of Sardis and utterly defeated it despite being militarily outnumbered more or less 3:1. This proved decisive, and after the 14 day Siege of Sardis, the city and possibly its king fell, therefore, in the end Lydia was conquered by the Persians. Belligerents Lydian Empire Achaemenid Empire Commanders Croesus unknown others Cyrus the Great Harpagus Abradates unknown others Strength Unknown1 Unknown1 Casualties and losses Heavy2 Heavy2 1 Herodotus states that the Lydian forces fell very short of the enemy. ... Croesus Croesus (IPA pronunciation: , CREE-sus) was the king of Lydia from 560/561 BC until his defeat by the Persians in about 547 BC. The English name Croesus come from the Latin transliteration of the Greek , in Arabic and Persian قارون, Qârun. ... Lydia (Greek ) is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkeys modern provinces of İzmir and Manisa. ... “Cyrus” redirects here. ... Persia redirects here. ... Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC Events and Trends 548 BC -- Croesus, Lydian king, defeated by Cyrus. ... Belligerents Lydian Empire Achaemenid Empire Commanders Croesus unknown others Cyrus the Great Harpagus Abradates unknown others Strength Unknown1 Unknown1 Casualties and losses Heavy2 Heavy2 1 Herodotus states that the Lydian forces fell very short of the enemy. ... A recent view of the ceremonial court of the thermae–gymnasium complex in Sardis, dated to 211—212 AD Sardis, also Sardes (Lydian: Sfard, Greek: Σάρδεις, Persian: Sparda), modern Sart in the Manisa province of Turkey, was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, the seat of a proconsul under...

The Battle

Cyrus defeated the Lydian cavalry because it said that the smell of the Cyrus dromedaries frightened the Lydian horses. After the battle all the Lydian lands were annexed by the Persian empire including the Greek cities in Asia Minor, which opened the rising conflict between Greece and Persia. According to the Greek author Herodotus, Croesus was treated well and in respect after the battle by Cyrus, but this is contradicted by the Nabonidus Chronicle [1], one of the Babylonian Chronicles (althougth if the text refers or not to Lydia is unclear). This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (ca. ... Nabonidus Chronicle, British Museum, London The Nabonidus Chronicle records the events during the rule of the last king of Babylonia (King Nabonidus) before the Persian king Cyrus conquered the kingdom in October 539 BCE. However the Chronicles are currently damaged, leaving many blanks and spaces (or lacunas) throughout the script. ... Nabonidus Chronicle, British Museum, London The Babylonian Chronicles are series of tablets recording major events in Babylonian history. ...

References

• Paul K. Davis (1999). 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present. Santa Barbara, California. ISBN 1-57607-075-1.
• Alexander Campbell (1830). The Millennial Harbinger, Vol. I, No. IX.
• Dorling Kindersley (2005). Grant, R.G Battle, a Visual Journey Through 5000 Years of Combat pg 19. London, England.

Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell (September 12, 1788 – March 4, 1866) was an early leader of a movement that began in 1800 with the goal of removing divisions between Christians, by returning believers in the New Testament to principles of Truth and Union. ...

External links

• Battle of Sardes Pictures