The Lydian-Milesian War (626-615 BC) was waged by ancient Lydia with Miletus .
The Lydian king Ardis (650–630 BC), the successor to Giga (708–650 BC), after the expulsion of the Cimmerians from Lydia, whose leader Ligdamid laid waste to the whole state, began a war with Miletus. However, the Milesian tyrant Thrasybulus , who received reinforcements from the island of Chios , repulsed all the attacks of the Lydians, although the latter, due to their numerical superiority in cavalry, won two victories at Lymenia and Meander. However, the walls of the city resisted against all attacks of enemies, so that the military actions of the Lydians for several years were limited only to invasions of the Milesian borders. King Ardis was only able to take Priene , the town next to Miletus, and his successor, Sadiadt (630-618 BC), who also besieged Smyrna , did not conquer anything.
The next king, Aliatt (618-562 BC), who continued the invasion, seeing the danger to the state from the revived Media, and not hoping to break the resilience of the Milets, in 615 BC. er made peace with them [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Maksutov V.P. History of the Ancient East. - SPb. , 1905.
- ↑ Herzberg . Griechengeschichte; Maspero . Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'Orient
Literature
- Military Encyclopedia / Ed. V.F. Novitsky and others. - SPb. : t. in. V. Sytin, 1911-1915.