 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mazuva chaiwo okukunda kwevaRidhiya haazivikanwi, asi kunofanira kunge kwakaitika pakati pokuparadzwa kwoumambo hweMedhiya naKoreshi 550 BC nokukunda kwaakaita Bhabhironi 539 BC. Zvaive zvakajairika kare kupa 547 BC segore rekukunda nekuda kwekumwe kududzirwa kweNabonidus Chronicle, asi chinzvimbo ichi parizvino hachina kubatwa zvakanyanya. VaRidhiya vakatanga kurwisa guta reUmambo hwaAchaemenid rePteria muKapadhokiya. Croesus akakomba ndokutora guta racho ndokuita vagari varo varanda. Panguva iyi, vaPezhiya vakakumbira vagari vomuIonia avo vaiva muumambo hweRidhiya kuti vapandukire mutongi wavo. Chipo chacho chakarambwa, uye nokudaro Koreshi akaunganidza uto ndokufora achirwisa vaRidhiya, achiwedzera nhamba yake sezvaaipfuura nemarudzi munzira yake. Hondo yePteriakwakanga kwanyatsogumira, mativi ose ari maviri achitambura kurasikirwa kukuru pakuvira kwehusiku. Croesus akadzokera kuSardis mangwanani akatevera. 