Editing Gyges of Lydia (section)

===Wars with the Cimmerians===
In 665 BC, Gyges was faced with a war with the Cimmerians. Around the same time, according to Neo-Assyrian records, Gyges had a dream in which the Assyrian god [[Ashur (god)|Aššur]] appeared to him and told him to seek help from [[Ashurbanipal]] and send him tribute. Gyges contacted the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Neo-Assyrian]] court by sending diplomats to [[Nineveh]], but offered him presents only, not tribute, and therefore refused to become a vassal of Assyria. Gyges soon defeated the Cimmerian invaders without Assyrian help, and he sent to Nineveh Cimmerian soldiers captured while ravaging Lydian lands.<ref name="Spalinger1978"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cimmerians-nomads |title=CIMMERIANS |last=Tokhtas’ev |first=Sergei R. |date=15 December 1991 |website=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |publisher= |access-date=13 November 2021 }}</ref>