00:00An oracle told a king that if he went to war, a great empire would fall.
00:05King Croesus of Lydia heard what he wanted to hear.
00:08He attacked Persia in 546 BC, and a great empire was destroyed, his own.
00:15The priestess of Delphi had been perfectly accurate.
00:19Croesus lost his throne, his gold, and his kingdom in a single campaign.
00:23The prophecy came true.
00:25He just never imagined the empire was his.
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