Sammu-ramât Co-Regent (jan 1, 810 BC – jan 1, 796 BC)

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Adad-nîrârî III started his reign with a 4-year co-regency with his mother, the famous
Semiramis (Sammu-ramât). It was indeed a co-regency since Semiramis led a military campaign alongside her son82. The explanation could be that he had to be at least 20 years old to be able to reign, because according to Herodotus: After valour in battle it is accounted noble to father the greatest number of sons: the king sends gifts yearly to him who gets most. Strength, they believe, is in numbers. They educate their boys from 5 to 20 years old (...) Hystaspes son of Arsames was an Achaemenid, and Darius was the eldest of his sons, then about 20 years old; this Darius had been left behind in Persia, not yet being of an age to go on campaign (The Histories I:136,209). Adad-nîrârî III may have become king at the age of 16 years and the co-regency of Semiramis ended when he reached 20.

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