Lydia/Sparda (satrapy)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Ryan Horne
Creators: Ryan Horne
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 15, 2025 10:19 AM
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History
Lydia (called Sparda by the Achaemenids) was a satrapy of the Persian Empire with Sardis as its capital.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961678240
39.1325, 27.184167
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- Lydia/Sparda (satrapy) part of (administrative) Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Pergamum part of (administrative) Lydia/Sparda (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) part of (administrative) Lydia/Sparda (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
satrapy
Pleiades
Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Lydia/Sparda (satrapy): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961678240> [accessed: 17 June 2025]
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