Cyrus II, King of Persia (1 jan 559 ano antes da era comum – 31 ago 530 ano antes da era comum)

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Ugbaru is Darius the Mede (539/538 BCE) by Gerard Gertoux


Concerning the fall of Babylon, Josephus says: When he [Nabonidus] was come to the 17th year of his reign, Cyrus came out of Persia with a great army; and having already conquered all the rest of Asia, he came hastily to Babylonia. When Nabonidus perceived he was coming to attack him, he met him with his forces, and joining battle with him was beaten, and fled away with a few of his troops with him, and was shut up within the city Borsippa. Hereupon Cyrus took Babylon, and gave order that the outer walls of the city should be demolished, because the city had proved very troublesome to him, and cost him a great deal of pains to take it. He then marched away to Borsippa, to besiege Nabonidus; but as Nabonidus did not sustain the siege, but delivered himself into his hands, he was at first kindly used by Cyrus, who gave him Carmania, as a place for him to inhabit in, but sent him out of Babylonia. Accordingly Nabonidus spent the rest of his time in that country, and there died (Against Apion I:150- 153). The city were taken by Cyrus, the king of Persia, who fought against him; for it was Belshazzar, under whom Babylon was taken, when he had reigned 17 years (...) but when Babylon was taken by Darius, and when he, with his kinsman Cyrus, had put an end to the dominion of the Babylonians, he was 62 years old. He was the son of Astyages [the successor of Astyages, not the son, was Harpagus], and had another name among the Greeks (Jewish Antiquities X:247-249). Taking account of Herodotus, fairly reliable chronologically, Cyrus came to Babylon (in 539 BCE) in his 20th year of reign, accompanied by his Median vassal, Harpagus (Oibaras), who was he in his 11th year of "reign" after the removal of Astyages.

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