547 BCE Croesus seizes the Persian city of Pteria and enslaves its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Cyrus invites the Ionians to join him in battle. The Battles of Thymbra and Pteria are fought between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great. Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis.
In the 540s BC , the 6th century BC .
Croesus seizes the Persian city of Pteria and enslaves its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Cyrus invites the Ionians to join him in battle.source The Battles of Thymbra and Pteria are fought between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great.source Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis.source Deaths Anaximander (some sources also give 545 BC or 546 BC)source Nearby 551 BCE–542 BCE 4 of 4 sourced entries shown. Every line above is quoted from the revision linked beside it, which is 547 BC on English Wikipedia, revision 1352091533, retrieved 2026-09-06. Nothing on this page is written by us and nothing is generated: the sentences are the source’s own, so a claim you doubt can be checked against the exact revision it came from. Text is reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 .