Sardis

E203754

ancient city archaeological site

Sardis was the ancient capital of the Lydian kingdom in western Anatolia, renowned for its wealth, early coinage, and strategic location on key trade routes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sardis canonical	33
Sardis (nearby)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith	Croesus ⓘ Lydian Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Lydian kings
connectedBy	Royal Road ⓘ
connectedTo	Ephesus ⓘ Susa ⓘ
conqueredBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persians Alexander the Great ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ Romans ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
destroyedBy	earthquake in 17 CE ⓘ
excavatedBy	American archaeological expeditions ⓘ
excavationsBegan	1910s ⓘ
hasFeature	Byzantine structures ⓘ Roman gymnasium ⓘ acropolis ⓘ fortification walls ⓘ lower city ⓘ necropolis ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
knownFor	Lydian fortifications ⓘ Temple of Artemis ⓘ early coinage ⓘ gold refining ⓘ gymnasium-bath complex ⓘ strategic location on trade routes ⓘ textile production ⓘ wealth ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Region ⓘ surface form: Aegean Region of Turkey Lydia ⓘ Western Anatolia ⓘ surface form: western Anatolia
locatedNear	Hermus River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Sipylus ⓘ surface form: Mount Tmolus
mentionedIn	Book of Revelation ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ
modernSiteNear	Manisa ⓘ surface form: Manisa Province Sart ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ Lydian Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Lydian kingdom Roman Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousSignificance	one of the Seven Churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation ⓘ site of major Temple of Artemis ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Lydian kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydian → mainArchaeologicalSite → Sardis ⓘ

Aegean Region → containsArchaeologicalSite → Sardis ⓘ

Anatolia → containsAncientCity → Sardis ⓘ

Lydian Kingdom → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Lydian Kingdom → mintedAt → Sardis ⓘ

Royal Road → connects → Sardis ⓘ

Royal Road → startPoint → Sardis ⓘ

Lydia → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Lydia → importantCity → Sardis ⓘ

Roman province of Asia → majorCity → Sardis ⓘ

Roman province of Asia → hasSevenChurchesOfAsia → Sardis ⓘ

Omphale → associatedWithCity → Sardis ⓘ

church in Sardis → locatedIn → Sardis ⓘ

subject surface form: Church in Sardis

John the Divine → writesTo → Sardis ⓘ

Antiochus I → placeOfDeath → Sardis ⓘ

Artaphernes → residence → Sardis ⓘ

Artaphernes → capitalOfSatrapy → Sardis ⓘ

Cimmerians → attackedCity → Sardis ⓘ

Anatolian paganism → hasCultCenter → Sardis ⓘ

Manisa → hasHistoricSite → Sardis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sardis (nearby)

Pactolus River gold → associatedWith → Sardis ⓘ

Croesus → residence → Sardis ⓘ

Croesus → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Croesus → placeOfDeath → Sardis ⓘ

Ardys II → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Ardys II → ruledFrom → Sardis ⓘ

Alyattes II → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Mermnad dynasty → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Heraclid dynasty → capital → Sardis ⓘ

Heraclid dynasty → associatedWithCity → Sardis ⓘ

Battle of Corupedium → tookPlaceNear → Sardis ⓘ

Cleopatra of Macedon → placeOfDeath → Sardis ⓘ

Cyrus the Younger → residence → Sardis ⓘ

siglos (Achaemenid silver coin) → primaryMints → Sardis ⓘ

subject surface form: siglos