Events Tagged: "Croesus"

Croesus tests all oracles - sends messengers to ask what he's doing on specific day, only Delphi correctly says 'cooking lamb and tortoise in bronze pot'

Cyrus conquers Lydia - defeats Croesus, controls Asia Minor, invents postal system

Croesus receives fatal prophecy - 'if you attack Persia, a great empire will fall' - attacks and destroys his own empire