A new power rises in the Middle East. The Persians under Cyrus the great are on the move, taking Media and Babylonia.

In Lydia, Croesus has succeeded his father Alyattes and issues the first gold and silver coinage. Comforted the advice of the Oracle of Delphi, he decides to crush the Persian upstart once and for all.

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