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Croesus condemned to death on a funeral pyre by Cyrus the Great. Croesus, king of Lydia. A symbol of wealth to the Greeks, he allied himself with Egypt and Babylonia against Cyrus the Great of Persia. Defeated and captured, he was condemned to the funeral pyre, but when he invoked the name of Solon, Cyrus pardonned him and appointed him his advisor. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.
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Album / Ken Welsh/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
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4484 x 4710 px | 60.4 MB
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38.0 x 39.9 cm | 14.9 x 15.7 in (300 dpi)
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