Case file · Cosmic event
The Battle of the Eclipse
Herodotus says a battle between the Lydians and the Medes by the Halys river stopped when day turned to night; both sides made peace. The eclipse of 28 May 585 BC fits.
585 BCE · 39.90, 34.50 · status: account
The account
Herodotus also says Thales of Miletus had predicted the eclipse, which would make it the first predicted eclipse in Greek tradition.
The sceptical view
How Thales could have predicted it is debated; the battle site is not known exactly (coordinates approximate).