Croesus of Lydia (Person, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/croesus_lydia

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Croesus of Lydia (en), Crésus (fr), Creso (es), Creso (it), Krösus (de), Κροίσος (el)Additional labels
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Kroisos (en)

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Croesus (Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, Kroisos; 595 BC – date of death unknown) was the king of Lydia who, according to Herodotus, reigned for 14 years: from 560 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 546 BC

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