Alyattes II, king of Lydia (619-560 BC), the real founder of the Lydian empire, was the son of Sadyattes, of the house of the Mermnadae. Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy Events and trends 619 BC — Alyattes becomes king of Lydia. 619 BC — Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Events and trends 568 BC — Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush. Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy Sadyattes, son of Ardys II, was King of Lydia from 624 BC to 610 BC
For several years he continued the war against Miletus begun by his father, but was obliged to turn his attention to the Medes and Babylonians. Miletus (mī lē' təs ( Ancient Greek: Μίλητος literally Transliterated Milētos, Latin Miletus) was an Ancient The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. Babylonia was an Amorite state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern Iraq) with Babylon as its capital On May 28, 585 BC, during a battle on the Halys against Cyaxares, king of Media, a solar eclipse took place (see also Thales); hostilities were suspended, peace concluded, and the Halys fixed as the boundary between the two kingdoms. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events and trends 589 BC — Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt. Cyaxares, Hvakhshathra, or Kayxosrew (𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 Uvaxštra, Greek Κυαξαρης; r A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured Thales of Miletus According to Bertrand Russell, "Philosophy begins with Thales
Alyattes drove the Cimmerii (see Scythia) from Asia, subdued the Carians, and took several Ionian cities (Smyrna, Colophon). In Classical Antiquity, Scythia ( Greek Skuthia) was the area in Eurasia inhabited by the Scythians, from the 8th The Carians ( Greek: Κάρες Kares) were the inhabitants of Caria. Geography Physical Ionia was of small extent not exceeding 90 geographical miles in length from north to south with a breadth varying from 40 to 55 miles but to this İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. Colophon ( Greek) was a city in the region of Lydia in antiquity dating from about the turn of the first millennium-BC (Smyrna was sacked and destroyed c. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. 600 BC, the inhabitants forced to move to the country. )
He standardised the weight of coins (1 Stater = 168 grains of wheat). The coins were produced using an anvil die technique and stamped with the Lion's head, the symbol of the Mermnadae.
He was succeeded by his son Croesus. This article refers to the historical King of Lydia For the opera by Reinhard Keiser, see Croesus (opera. His daughter Aryenis of Lydia was Queen consort of Astyages, King of Media. Aryenis of Lydia was according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes II of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. Astyages ( Persian: ایشتوویگو ( Ištovigu) spelled by Herodotus as Astyages by Ctesias as Astyigas; by Diodorus
His tomb still exists on the plateau between Lake Gygaea and the river Hermus to the north of Sardis -- a large mound of earth with a substructure of huge stones. Sardis, also Sardes ( Lydian: Sfard, Greek: Σάρδεις, Persian: Sparda) modern Sart in It was excavated by Spiegelthal in 1854, who found that it covered a large vault of finely-cut marble blocks approached by a flat-roofed passage of the same stone from the south. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The sarcophagus and its contents had been removed by early plunderers of the tomb, all that was left being some broken alabaster vases, pottery and charcoal. A sarcophagus is a Funeral receptacle for a Corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone On the summit of the mound were large phalli of stone. The word phallus can refer to an erect Penis, or to an object shaped like a penis
Naming disagreement
Note that the name "Alyattes II" is likely incorrect. Its usage here is based on the online Encyclopaedia of the Orient. Though this online work provides no references, its usage of "Alyattes II" is likely based John Lemprière's 1788 Classical Dictionary (Biblioteca Classica), its full name being Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors Writ Large, With Chronological Table. John Lemprière (c 1765 Jersey, &ndash February 1, 1824, London) English classical scholar Lexicographer, Theologian The Bibliotheca Classica (Reading November 1788 or Classical Dictionary containing a full Account of all the Proper Names mentioned in Ancient Authors is the best-known work This work, however, also doesn't cite its source, but this source was likely ancient epigraphs or earlier works whose usage was based on ancient epigraphs, which are lists of kings on clay tablets and other media.
Epigraphic lists, however, are known by historians today to be generally unreliable as historical documents. For one thing, they sometimes combine kings from different regions. Livio C. Stecchini contended, for instance, that Gyges was the first Lydian king and those before him, including the earlier Alyattes, were kings of nearby Maionia, a Phrygia dependency. What's more, epigraphic lists are often legendary rather than annalistic, including, for instance, the mythic hero Herakles as a city's founder or people's progenitor, as they do for the Lydians, so another possibility is that "Alyattes I" was a legendary rather than a historical figure.
The ancient historians Herodotos and Strabo both refer to Kroisos' father as Alyattes and make no mention of an earlier King Alyattes of Lydia in their writings on Lydia. The same is true of modern historians, archeologists, and numismatists who have focused on Lydia, including George M. A. Hanfmann, John Griffiths Pedley, Robert W. Wallace, Koray Konuk, and Andrew Ramage. Likewise, other newer references such as Oxford Classical Dictionary and Encyclopaedia Britannica don't use "Alyattes II" and make no mention of an earlier Lydian king named Alyattes.
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991, Christian Settipani, p. Christian Settipani (born January 31 1961) is the Technical Director of an IT Company in the Paris area and a self-taught 152
External links
- Livius, Alyattes of Lydia by Jona Lendering
| Preceded by Sadyattes | King of Lydia 619–560 BC | Succeeded by Croesus |
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