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  1. Feb 2014
    1. at length the Lydians were routed and driven within their city wall, where they were besieged by the Persians.

      1.80 After the battle, the defeated Medes retreat and the Persian Army lays siege to the city of Sardis.

    2. when Cyrus arrived and encamped face to face with Croesus, there in the Pterian country the armies had a trial of strength. The fighting was fierce, many on both sides fell, and at nightfall they disengaged with neither side victorious.

      1.76 The forces of Cyrus and Croesus engage in battle near Pteria , Cappadocia. Neither side is victorious but there were huge losses on each side.