Battle of Pteria
· Pteria (Kerkenes), Yozgat Province, Turkey
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported · file Cyrus led Persian forces against Croesus of Lydia at Pteria in Cappadocia. The battle was indecisive but marked his westward campaign against Lydia. The location is conventionally identified with Kerkenes, and the chronology of the Lydian campaign is debated.
