Kaunos

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Establishment

• January 849 BC: The history of Kaunos goes back to the 10th century BC.
• January 849 BC: The history of Kaunos goes back to the 10th century BC. back.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Croesus

Conquests by the Lydian king Croesus.

• January 559 BC: Conquered by the Kingdom of Lydia. By the start of the reign of Lydian King Croesus (560 BCE), he and his father Alyattes I had conquered (or de facto controlled) most of the Greek Poleis of Asia minor.

Disestablishment

• January 559 BC: Conquered by the Kingdom of Lydia. By the start of the reign of Lydian King Croesus (560 BCE), he and his father Alyattes I had conquered (or de facto controlled) most of the Greek Poleis of Asia minor.

Selected Sources

• Leloux, K. (2018): La Lydie d'Alyatte et Crésus: Un royaume à la croisée des cités grecques et des monarchies orientales. Recherches sur son organisation interne et sa politique extérieure, Liège (Belgium), pp. 2 and 22