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'''Nidintu-Bêl''', 522 BC, was a rebel in the days of [[Darius I]]. He claimed to be Nebuchadnezzar (reborne?) and therefore to throne of [[Babylon]]. | '''Nidintu-Bêl''', 522 BC, was a rebel in the days of [[Darius I]]. He claimed to be Nebuchadnezzar (reborne?) and therefore to throne of [[Babylon]]. | ||
| − | He was swiftly | + | He was swiftly defeated by [[Darius I]] first in a battle at the [[Tigris River|Tigris]]<ref>[[Behistun (inscription)]], https://www.livius.org/sources/content/behistun-persian-text/behistun-t-10/</ref> and then at a city called Zâzâna, on the [[Euphrates River|Euphrates]] as one marches toward [[Babylon]]<ref>[[Behistun (inscription)]], https://www.livius.org/sources/content/behistun-persian-text/behistun-t-11/</ref>. ''Nidintu-Bel'' then fled into Babylon, after which [[Darius I]] took the city before capturing and slaying ''Nidintu-Bel'' therein<ref>[[Behistun (inscription)]], https://www.livius.org/sources/content/behistun-persian-text/behistun-t-12/</ref>. |
Revision as of 23:12, November 20, 2020
Nidintu-Bêl, 522 BC, was a rebel in the days of Darius I. He claimed to be Nebuchadnezzar (reborne?) and therefore to throne of Babylon.
He was swiftly defeated by Darius I first in a battle at the Tigris[1] and then at a city called Zâzâna, on the Euphrates as one marches toward Babylon[2]. Nidintu-Bel then fled into Babylon, after which Darius I took the city before capturing and slaying Nidintu-Bel therein[3].
- ↑ Behistun (inscription), https://www.livius.org/sources/content/behistun-persian-text/behistun-t-10/
- ↑ Behistun (inscription), https://www.livius.org/sources/content/behistun-persian-text/behistun-t-11/
- ↑ Behistun (inscription), https://www.livius.org/sources/content/behistun-persian-text/behistun-t-12/