31. It has become a professional home, and the search for Croesus a consuming passion. 32. Then, Croesus wanted to thank and take on his side the oracle of Delphi. 33. Cyrus did not, however, and he attacked Croesus in Sardis, capturing him. 34. After defeating Croesus , the Persians adopted gold as the main metal for their coins. 35. By crossing the Halys, Croesus had indeed destroyed a great empire his own. 36. Croesus retreated to Sardis the following morning.37. He was fabulously wealthy, spawning the simile : " as rich as Croesus ." 38. The undoing of Croesus and the Lydian Empire came when they attacked Cyrus the Great. 39. Croesus did not have too much money.40. Under the reign of the last Lydian king Croesus , Lydia reached its greatest expansion.
