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Alyattes (Lydian language: 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯𐤤𐤮 Walweteś; Ancient Greek: Ἀλυάττης Aluáttēs; reigned c. 635-585 BC), sometimes described as Alyattes I, was the fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia, the son of Sadyattes, grandson of Ardys, and great-grandson of Gyges.
Alyattes was the king of Lydia, in west-central Anatolia (reigned c. 610–c. 560 bc), whose conquest created the powerful but short-lived Lydian empire. Soon after succeeding his father, King Sadyattes, Alyattes started five consecutive years of raids that devastated the farmland around the Greek.
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Alyattes of Lydia. Q299551. Alyattes: fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty. His reign lasted from ca. 600 to 560. After Gyges, Ardys, and Sadyattes, Alyattes was the fourth king of Lydia. His name may be derived from the Lydian word walwi, 'lion'. Alyattes' father and grandfather had consolidated the kingdom in western Turkey, and Alyattes ...
Nov 5, 2022 · The Cimmerians were defeated by Alyattes (r. c. 635-585 BCE) father of Croesus (r. 560-546 BCE), who becomes Herodotus’ focus for the first part of Book I of the Histories. Under Alyattes, the first coins in the world were minted – made of electrum – while under the reign of Croesus, they were minted of gold.
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- What is Herodotus' account of Lydia about?Herodotus' account of Lydia focuses primarily on the rise and fall of the Lydian king Croesus but includes tacit criticism of Lydian customs and ot...
- Where in Herodotus' Histories is his section on Lydia?Herodotus discusses Lydia in Book I:6-94. The story of the famous response of the Oracle at Delphi comes at I.53.
- Is Herodotus' account of Lydia accurate?Yes. Herodotus' account of Lydia is accurate but carefully presented to appeal to a Greek audience at Lydia's expense.
- Where is Lydia today?The region of Lydia is in present-day Turkey.
Draw as the battle is interrupted by eclipse. Peace agreement. Belligerents. Lydia. Media. Commanders and leaders. Alyattes. Cyaxares [1] The Battle of the Eclipse [2] (or Battle of Halys [3]) was fought in the early 6th century BC in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) between the Medes and the Lydians.
- May 28, 585 BC (supposedly)
- Draw as the battle is interrupted by eclipse, Peace agreement
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views 2,474,160 updated. Alyattes (ălēă´tēz), d. 560 BC, king of Lydia. During his reign, Alyattes expanded his kingdom. He made peace (585 BC) with Cyaxares of Media, continued the Lydian conquest of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, drove the Cimmerians from Asia, and subdued the Carians.
A large group of burials each placed under a tumulus exist here, a few of which have been investigated, but they had been robbed in the past; one of them is the largest in Anatolia (198 feet high), and may have held the body of Alyattes; another is claimed for Gyges.
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