Ardys II
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Ardys II was the twenty-seventh king of Lydia, and second king of the Mermnad dynasty, the son of King Gyges of Lydia; see List of Kings of Lydia. He was succeeded by his son, Sadyattes.[1]
Ardys attacked the Ionian Greek city of Miletus and succeeded in capturing the city of Priene.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Herodotus
- ^ 'Miletos, the ornament of Ionia: history of the city to 400 BCE' by Vanessa B. Gorman (University of Michigan Press) 2001
[edit] Sources
- Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991, Christian Settipani, p. 152
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| Preceded by Gyges |
King of Lydia 678?–624 BC |
Succeeded by Sadyattes |
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