| 1. | Persia was invaded first at the Battle of Pteria ending without a victor.
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| 2. | Proposed names include Justinianopolis, Pteria, and Mokissos.
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| 3. | The two armies engaged at Pteria in Cappadocia.
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| 4. | The plateau is believed to be the home to the lost city of Pteria.
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| 5. | The Lydians first attacked the Achaemenid Empire's city of Pteria in Cappadocia.
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| 6. | The oyster " Pteria colymbus " is often found attached to the coral.
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| 7. | The Battle of Pteria was effectively a stalemate, with both sides suffering heavy casualties by nightfall.
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| 8. | Geoffrey Summers initially identified the site with the city of Phrygian dynastic center, very possibly Pteria.
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| 9. | The Battle of Pteria resulted in a stalemate, forcing the Lydians to retreat to their capital city of Sardis.
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| 10. | In 547 BC, the Lydian king Croesus besieged and captured the Persian city of Pteria in Cappadocia and enslaved its inhabitants.
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