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The Tell al-Rimah Stela
Tell al-Rimah Stela (797 BCE): inscription by Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III, in which he describes his successes in the west. Adad-Nirari…Ctesias, Overview of the works
Ctesias was a Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. He wrote several books about Persia and India. These books are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors;…Curtius Rufus on Alexander entering Babylon
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. The longest description is that of the Roman author Quintus Curtius Rufus, who based his account on earlier, Greek sources. It should be…Curtius Rufus on Alexander killing Batis
Achilles dishonors the corpse of Hector Alexander captured Gaza in November 332. The Persian garrison had acted bravely and it had…Curtius Rufus on Alexander's stay in Carmania
In the winter of 325/324, Alexander stayed in Carmania, after a long and very difficult march though the Gedrosian desert, which had cost many lives. When the Macedonian army reached Carmania, however, there was an end to their suffering, and…Curtius Rufus on the Bactrian desert
In the Spring of 329, Alexander crossed the large desert between the city Bactra (Balkh, near modern Mazâr-e Sharîf) and the river Oxus in pursuit of the Persian leader Bessus. The best description of the death march is that of…Curtius Rufus on the election of Arrhidaeus
At the end of book ten his History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Quintus Curtius Rufus describes what happened in the days following Alexander's death: Perdiccas was chosen as regent for Alexander's brother Arrhidaeus. The regency was necessary, because…Curtius Rufus on the Hindu Kush
Quintus Curtius Rufus (†53 CE): Roman senator, author of an important History of Alexander the Great.In the Spring of 329, Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush from Gandara to Bactria in order to pursue the Persian leader Bessus. The best description…Curtius Rufus on the rape of the Babylonian women
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. He had promised that the houses of the city would be left intact, but this did not mean that the women of Babylon…
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The Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…