Back سارد موحاصیرهسی AZB Belagerung von Sardes German Asedio de Sardes Spanish محاصره سارد Persian Opsada Sarda (547. pr. Kr.) Croatian サルディス包囲戦 (紀元前547年) Japanese Pengepungan Sardis (546 SM) Malay Осада Сард (547 до н. э.) Russian Opsada Sarda (547. pne.) Serbo-Croatian Obleganje Sard Slovenian
| Siege of Sardis (547 BC) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Campaigns of Cyrus the Great | |||||||||
&sq=terrorism in the United States&lang=en&file=File:Sardis_acropolis.jpg) Remains of the acropolis of Sardis, where Croesus was finally captured[1] | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Lydian Empire | Achaemenid Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Croesus, unknown others |
Cyrus the Great, Harpagus, unknown others | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000 (Herodotus) | 200,000 (Herodotus) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Light | ||||||||
&sq=terrorism in the United States&lang=en&file=File:Agean_Sea_map_geographical.jpg)  Approximate location of the siege of Sardis | |||||||||
The siege of Sardis (547/546 BC) was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great, when Cyrus followed Croesus to his city, laid siege to it for 14 days and captured it.[2]
- ^ CROESUS – Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- ^ Briant, Pierre (January 2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns. p. 36. ISBN 9781575061207.
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