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克羅伊斯 Croesus 卒于西元前546?年 里底亞最后一代國(guó)王,以財(cái)富甚多聞名。約西元前560年繼承其父王位,完成征服愛奧尼亞大陸的大業(yè)。由于缺乏海軍,他與巴比倫、埃及、斯巴達(dá)結(jié)成聯(lián)盟,以對(duì)抗波斯的居魯士大帝的威脅。在入侵卡帕多西亞(Cappadocia)卻徒勞無(wú)功后,他回到首都薩迪斯(Sardis)企圖重整兵力。但是居魯士大帝緊緊追擊,西元前546年奇襲薩迪斯,占領(lǐng)里底亞?肆_伊斯的下場(chǎng)不清楚,據(jù)希羅多德記載,他被判處火刑,但被阿波羅解救。同樣根據(jù)希羅多德記載,克羅伊斯活躍于居魯士和岡比西斯時(shí)代,是波斯帝國(guó)較為重要的顧問(wèn)。曾經(jīng)跟隨岡比西斯征服埃及。 English:Last king of Lydia, famous for his great wealth. He succeeded his father as king c. 560 BC, and after completing the conquest of mainland Ionia he faced the rising threat of the Persians under Cyrus the Great. He forged an alliance with Babylon, Egypt, and Sparta to combat the Persians, but after an inconclusive effort to invade Cappadocia, he returned to his capital at Sardis. The Persians pursued him, storming Sardis in 546 and conquering Lydia. Croesus’ later fate is uncertain. Herodotus claims he was condemned to be burned alive but was saved by Apollo.