The Delphic Oracle Says, 'Oh, You're Going to Destroy a Great Empire'

Croesus thought he was a complete idiot at this point. He takes that as a green light, like april glasby when she told sadam that the americans have no interest in incoeti. Little did he know how that would change. And so he he crosses, and then cyrus defeats him in battle. To punish him, and to show the lydians and all the kings around that they shouldn't mess with cyrus, he orders that he be burnt at the stake.