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12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
Keywords
hegemony
Period
1st century BCE
Achaemenid Empire
Roman Empire
Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars
Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.32.2: After the Assyrians had ruled Asia for five hundred years they were conquered by the Medes Cyaxares became for the Medes the founder of their universal empire.