Siege of Sardis (546 BC)

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Siege of Sardis (546 BC)
Part of the Wars of Cyrus the Great
Date January, 546 BC
Location Sardis, Lydia
Result Decisive Persian victory.
Territorial
changes
Anatolia officially annexed by Persia.
Belligerents
Lydian Empire Achaemenid Empire
Commanders
Croesus,
unknown others
Cyrus the Great,
Harpagus,
unknown others
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown, but light

In the Siege of Sardis (546 BC), it was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great, Cyrus followed Croesus to his city. He laid siege to it for 14 days, and then captured it.

The siege was to be known as the final event before Lydia was officially annexed by the Achaemenid Empire. The Ionians and other Asian Greeks revolted against Cyrus, and the revolt was finally put down by his best commander Harpagus the Mede in 542 BC.