AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThe Lydian king Croesus attacked the Iranian king Cyrus after an oracle foretold that “a mighty empire would be destroyed” if he did so. The empire that fell was his own.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkThe Lydian king Croesus attacked the Iranian king Cyrus after an oracle foretold that “a mighty empire would be destroyed” if he did so. The empire that fell was his own.en.wikipedia.orgAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
