Ardys of Lydia again attacks Miletus and takes Priene.

Sardis during his reign is taken a second time, this time by the Treres, a Thracian tribe that operates in close connection with the Cimmerians.

Ardys, according to Assyrian sources, restores Lydia's diplomatic relations with Assyria.

The Cimmerian occupation of Lydia is brief, possibly due to an outbreak of plague.

The Assyrians in Cilicia between 637 and 626 finally beat the Cimmerian forces occupying Sardis.

The Cimmerian leader at this time is Tugdamme (Lygdamis), who is identified in Greek tradition as the victor over Sardis in 652 and is said to have attacked Ephesus.

The Cimmerians essentially disappear from western Asian historical accounts, and their fate is unknown.

They probably settle in Cappadocia, as its Armenian name, Gamir, suggests.

The term Gimirri will be used about a century later in the Behistun inscription of about 515 BCE as a Babylonian equivalent of Persian Saka (Scythians).