Following the Eye of God On the May 28 585BC the tide of human history took a sudden and incredible turn. Lydian and Median forces had been locked in a violent power struggle for control of Asia for six years; when a total eclipse of the sun swept across their battlefield. The fighting suddenly stopped and so great was the soldiers awe that both sides lay down their arms and made peace there and then. What is this celestial phenomenon with the power to stop a war in seconds?