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For several years he continued the war against Miletus begun by his father, but was obliged to turn his attention towards the Medes and Babylonians.

On May 28, 585 BC, during the Battle of Halys fought against Cyaxares, king of Media, a solar eclipse took place ( see also Thales ); hostilities were suspended, peace concluded, and the Halys fixed as the boundary between the two kingdoms.