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The 9 pages that link to Croesus (Lydian king), each with the reason it gives.

• Achaemenid EmpireRelated: Lydia’s conquest brought western Anatolia and its wealth under Persian control.

• HerodotusRelated: Herodotus uses Croesus’s story to introduce the conflict between Greeks and Persians.

• Cyrus the GreatRelated: His defeat brought the Lydian kingdom and its resources into Cyrus’s empire.

• EphesusRelated: Croesus conquered Ephesus and supported rebuilding its sanctuary of Artemis.

• CoinageRelated: His reforms are linked to replacing variable electrum issues with more controlled metals.

• SolonRelated: The story of Solon advising Croesus became central to Solon’s image as a moral sage.

• CoinRelated: His reign is associated with the production of separate gold and silver coinages.

• HistoriesBroader topic: His story opens the work’s account of conflict between Greeks and eastern empires.

• HipponaxRelated: His expansion brought Lydia into conflict with Greek cities in western Anatolia.