Lydia (satrapy)

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Lydia (satrapy)
𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda

Lydian soldier of the Achaemenid army, c. 480 BC.. Xerxes I tomb relief.

Lydia, including Ionia, during the Achaemenid Empire.

The Satrapy of Lydia, known as Sparda in Old Persian (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda),^[1] was an administrative province (satrapy) of the Achaemenid Empire, located in the ancient kingdom of Lydia, with Sardis as its capital.