| 31. | It has become a professional home, and the search for Croesus a consuming passion.
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| 32. | Then, Croesus wanted to thank and take on his side the oracle of Delphi.
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| 33. | Cyrus did not, however, and he attacked Croesus in Sardis, capturing him.
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| 34. | After defeating Croesus, the Persians adopted gold as the main metal for their coins.
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| 35. | By crossing the Halys, Croesus had indeed destroyed a great empire his own.
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| 36. | Croesus retreated to Sardis the following morning.
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| 37. | He was fabulously wealthy, spawning the simile : " as rich as Croesus ."
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| 38. | The undoing of Croesus and the Lydian Empire came when they attacked Cyrus the Great.
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| 39. | Croesus did not have too much money.
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| 40. | Under the reign of the last Lydian king Croesus, Lydia reached its greatest expansion.
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