Sadyattes
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Sadyattes, son of Ardys II
, of the house of the Mermnadae was King of Lydia
from 624 BC to 619 BC. He was succeeded by his son Alyattes II
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Sadyattes began a twelve year war with the Ionian
Greek maritime city of Miletus
that was continued by his son Alyattes II.
Ardys II
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...
, of the house of the Mermnadae was King of Lydia
Lydia
Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland İzmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian....
from 624 BC to 619 BC. He was succeeded by his son Alyattes II
Alyattes II
Alyattes, king of Lydia , considered to be the founder of the Lydian empire, was the son of Sadyattes, of the house of the Mermnadae....
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Sadyattes began a twelve year war with the Ionian
Ionia
Ionia is an ancient region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey, the region nearest İzmir, which was historically Smyrna. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements...
Greek maritime city of Miletus
Miletus
Miletus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia , near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria...
that was continued by his son Alyattes II.
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