lydian empire

The Battle of the Halys, described by Herodotus, was a battle that took place between the Medes and Lydians around 585 BC. It was largely inconclusive, despite Herodotus saying that a solar eclipse caused it to end in a draw, that is disputed. What is known is that territorial boundaries did not...

The Kingdom of Lydia was one of the most powerful states in ancient Anatolia, and also one of the richest. They were the ones who invented coins, and their last king, Croesus, entered the minds of many as a byword for a rich man. Today, their culture and religion remain less known, and they were...

Usually, when we think about the ancient world, more specifically Ancient Greece, our imaginations take us back to era of the Persian Wars or the Peloponnese War; other times, we think of Philip and/or Alexander. Not a surprise really; Persia is the big empire – the FIRST REALLY...

Self-explanatory title. Either the Achaemenid Empire never forms or fails to reach the Aegean Sea. What happens? Was the disunity of the greek city-states inevitable, or was it a byproduct of persian puppeteering? What happens to the Lydian Empire? Could it end up becoming a substitute for the...

Suppose upon Cyrus' conquest of the Lydian Empire, Kroisos' Greek subjects give in to the Persian demands and rebel against their overlord. With their autonomy intact, they don't get into the conflict that escalated into what it did IOTL. So, in the short run, we have a Greek Western Anatolia...