Conversation so far:
Who were the Cimmerians?
According to Herodotus (c.
440 BC), the Cimmerians had been expelled from their homeland between the Tyras (Dniester) and Tanais (Don) rivers by the Scythians.
What can you tell me about Greek tradition and the Cimmerians?
Unreconciled to Scythian advances, to ensure burial in their ancestral homeland, the men of the Cimmerian royal family divided into groups and fought each other to the death.
What happened to the royal family after that?
The Cimmerian commoners buried the bodies along the river Tyras and fled across the Caucasus and into Anatolia.
How did Cimmerians preserve Greek tradition?
In 654 BC or 652 BC - the exact date is unclear - the Cimmerians attacked the kingdom of Lydia, killing the Lydian king Gyges.

Question: Did the Cimmerians rule Lydia?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the Cimmerians rule Lydia?