# The Collapse of Assyria (616-607 B.C.) 1.15-17

Imperialisms, Ancient and Modern, The Collapse of Assyria (616-607 B.C.), 1.15 to 1.17. Latin.

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The fifteenth year [611-610]: In the month Du'ûzu [June/July] the king of Babylonia mustered his army and . . . marched to Assyria victoriously. He marched about of . . . and he captured Shu . . . , plundered it and carried of its vast booty. In the month Arahsamna [November/December] the king of Babylonia took the lead of his army personally and marched against Ruggulitu. He did battle against the city and on the twenty-eighth day of the month Arahsamnu [8 December 611] he captured it. . . . He did not leave a single man alive. . . . He went home. The sixteenth year [610-609]: In the month Ajaru [May] the king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched to Assyria. From the month . . . until the month Arahsamna [November] he marched about victoriously in Assyria. In the month Arahsamnu the Medes, who had come to the help of the king of Babylonia, put their armies together and marched to Harran against Aššur-uballit, who had ascended to the throne in Assyria. Fear of the enemy overcame Aššur-uballit and the army of Egypt which had come to help him, and they abandoned the city. . . . they crossed. The king of Babylonia reached Harran and . . . he captured the city. He carried off the vast booty of the city and the temple. In the month Addaru the king of Babylonia left their . . . . He went home. The Medes, who had come to help the king of Babylonia, withdrew. The seventeenth year [609-608]: In the month Du'�zu [July] Aššur-uballit, king of Assyria, with a large army from Egypt crossed the river Euphrates and marched against Harran to conquer it. . . . They captured [a town on the road to Harran]. They defeated the garrison which the king of Babylonia had stationed inside. When they had defeated it they encamped against Harran. Until the month Ulûlu [September] they did battle against the city but achieved nothing. However, they did not withdraw. The king of Babylonia went to help his army and . . . he went up to Izalla and the numerous cities in the mountains . . . he set fire to their . . . At that time the army of . . . march as far as the district of Urartu. In the land . . . they plundered their . . . The garrison which the king of . . . had stationed in it set out. They went up to . . . . The king of Babylonia went home.

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