Who was the king of Lydia?
Croesus (/ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; Lydian: Krowiśaś; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, Kroisos; reigned: c. 585 – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. Who were the Lydian kings? KING REIGN Cyaxares 40 years (Herodotus I. 106.3) Astyages…