Perge

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Establishment

• January 849 BC: Perge was founded inland around 1000 BC, almost 20 km away from the coast, as a defensive measure, so as to avoid the bands of pirates who then terrorized this area of ​​the Mediterranean.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Cyrus the Great

Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

1.1. Cyrus' Conquest of the Lydian Empire

Was a war between the Achaemenid and the Lydian Empires that ended with the demise of the latter.

• January 545 BC: After Cyrus the Great defeated King Croesus of Lydia in -546, the region of Pamphylia, including the city of Perge, came under the control of the Achaemenid Empire. This marked the expansion of Persian influence in the region.

Disestablishment

• January 545 BC: After Cyrus the Great defeated King Croesus of Lydia in -546, the region of Pamphylia, including the city of Perge, came under the control of the Achaemenid Empire. This marked the expansion of Persian influence in the region.