Battle of Pteria

Battle of Pteria
	Part of the Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
Date	Autumn 547 BC
Location	Pteria, Cappadocia; (modern-day Kerkenes, Yozgat, Turkey)39°55′00″N 35°20′00″E / 39.9167°N 35.3333°E
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
Lydian Empire	Achaemenid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Croesus of Lydia	Cyrus the Great
Strength
95,000 (ancient sources)	20,000 (ancient sources)
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy
	class=notpageimage\| Approximate location of the Battle of Pteria

The Battle of Pteria (Ancient Greek: Πτερία) was fought in 547 BC between the Persian forces of Cyrus the Great and the Lydian forces of Croesus. Both armies suffered heavy casualties in this indecisive battle.

^ Schmitt, Rüdiger; Miller, Margaret C.; Duchesne-Guillemin, Jacques; Shaki, Mansour; Bichler, Reinhold; Rollinger, Robert; Boucharlat, Rémy; Rapin, Claude; Davis, Dick (2020-08-20), "GREECE", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, Brill, retrieved 2024-03-12, When the Lydian and the Persian army confronted each other in Cappadocian Pteria (Herodotus 1.75 ff.), the battle ended inconclusively the same evening.
^ Tucker 2010, p. 563.
^ Eggenberger 1985, p. 386.

[1] Schmitt, Rüdiger; Miller, Margaret C.; Duchesne-Guillemin, Jacques; Shaki, Mansour; Bichler, Reinhold; Rollinger, Robert; Boucharlat, Rémy; Rapin, Claude; Davis, Dick (2020-08-20), "GREECE", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, Brill, retrieved 2024-03-12, When the Lydian and the Persian army confronted each other in Cappadocian Pteria (Herodotus 1.75 ff.), the battle ended inconclusively the same evening.

[FOOTNOTETucker2010563-2] Tucker 2010, p. 563.

[FOOTNOTEEggenberger1985386-3] Eggenberger 1985, p. 386.

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