# The Collapse of Assyria (616-607 B.C.) 1.11-14 Imperialisms, Ancient and Modern, The Collapse of Assyria (616-607 B.C.), 1.11 to 1.14. Latin. Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/imperialisms-ancient-and-modern/the-collapse-of-assyria-616-607-b-c/1.11 The thirteenth year [613-612]: In the month Ajaru the Subeans rebelled against the king of Babylonia and became belligerent. The king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched to Suhu. On the fourth day of the month Simanu [11 May 613] he did battle against Rahilu, a city which is on an island in the middle of the Euphrates and at that time he captured the city. He built his . . . The men who live on the bank of the Euphrates came down to him. . . . he encamped against Anat and the siege engines he brought over from the western side . . . he brought the siege engine up to the wall. He did battle against the city and captured it. . . . the king of Assyria and his army came down and . . . the king of Babylonia and his army. The king of Babylonia went home. The fourteenth year [612-611]: The king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched to . . . . The king of the Medes marched towards the king of Babylonia. . . . they met one another. The king of Babylonia . . . Cyaxares . . . brought across and they marched along the bank of the Tigris. . . . they encamped against Nineveh. From the month Simanu [June] until the month Abu [August] — for three months — they subjected the city to a heavy siege. On the . . . day of the month Âbu they inflicted a major defeat upon a great people. At that time Sin-šar-iškun, king of Assyria, died. . . . They carried off the vast booty of the city and the temple and turned the city into a ruin heap . . . of Assyria escaped from the enemy and . . . the king of Babylonia . . . . On the twentieth day of the month Ulûlu [15 August 612] Cyaxares and his army went home. After he had gone, the king of Babylonia dispatched his army and they marched to Nasibin. Plunder and exiles . . . and they brought the people of Rusapu [modern Kirkuk] to the king of Babylonia at Nineveh. On the . . . of the month . . . Aššur-uballit ascended to the throne in Harran to rule Assyria. Up until the . . . day of the month . . . the king of . . . set out and in . . . --- Imperialisms, Ancient and Modern, The Collapse of Assyria (616-607 B.C.). Text: The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission. Changes: HTML markup removed and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea. License: Used with permission (https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html). Source: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/readings/babylonianchronicle.html.