Sardis

Sar·dis

S0090500 (sär′dĭs) An ancient city of western Asia Minor east of modern-day Izmir, Turkey. As the capital of Lydia it was the political and cultural center of Asia Minor from 650 to c. 550 bc and remained an important city during Roman and Byzantine times. Sardis was destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402.

Sardis

(ˈsɑːdɪs) or

Sardes

n (Placename) an ancient city of W Asia Minor: capital of Lydia

Sar•dis

(ˈsɑr dɪs)

also Sar•des

(-diz)

n. an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of Lydia. Sar′di•an (-di ən) n., adj.

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Sardis - an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923

Sardis

(sär`dĭs) or

Sardes

(–dēz), ancient city of Lydia, W Asia Minor, at the foot of Mt. Tmolus, 35 mi (56 km) NE of the modern Izmir, Turkey. As capital of Lydia, it was the political and cultural center of Asia Minor from 650 B.C. until the death of CroesusCroesus
, d. c.547 B.C., king of Lydia (560–c.547 B.C.), noted for his great wealth. He was the son of Alyattes. He continued his father's policy of conquering the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, but on the whole he was friendly to the Greeks, and he is supposed to have given
..... Click the link for more information. (c.547 B.C.). The first gold and silver coins were minted there in the 6th cent. B.C. An almost impregnable citadel, Sardis was nevertheless captured in 499 by the Ionians in the Persian Wars. In 133 it passed to the Romans. After being destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 17, it was rebuilt by the Romans. The city was destroyed by TimurTimur
or Tamerlane
, c.1336–1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng [Timur the lame]. He was the son of a tribal leader, and he claimed (apparently for the first time in 1370) to be a descendant of Jenghiz Khan.
..... Click the link for more information. in the 14th cent. The actual site of the city was not discovered until 1958. Excavations have uncovered the Roman baths and gymnasium, the Greek Temple of Artemis (dating from the 4th cent. B.C.), the walls of the city when it was under Lydian rule, and inscriptions in old Lydian.

Sardis

(now the village of Sart in Turkey), an ancient city, capital of the kingdom of Lydia from the beginning of the seventh century to 546 B.C. The city reached its peak under King Croesus. In 546, Sardis was captured by the Achaemenids. In 1402 it was destroyed by Tamerlane. Excavations in Sardis, conducted in the 20th century, uncovered a temple of Artemis and a necropolis; the ancient inscriptions were written in the Midianite language.

REFERENCE

Peacock, Y. L. Studies in the History and Archaeology of Sardis. Cambridge, Mass., 1965.

Sardis

, Sardes an ancient city of W Asia Minor: capital of Lydia

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noun an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey

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