
The conquest of Sardis and the Lydian kingdom was a formative moment in Cyrus’ initial expansion, but the region’s subsequent place in the evolution of the Achaemenid imperial system remains…
Read MoreThe conquest of Sardis and the Lydian kingdom was a formative moment in Cyrus’ initial expansion, but the region’s subsequent place in the evolution of the Achaemenid imperial system remains…
Read MoreJohn O. Hyland is Professor of History at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He is the author of Persian Interventions: the Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta 450–386 BCE…
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