# Third Campaign of Sennacherib (669 B.C.) 1.4-5

Imperialisms, Ancient and Modern, Third Campaign of Sennacherib (669 B.C.), 1.4 to 1.5. Latin.

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Minhim of the city of Samsimurum, Tubal the Sidonite, Abdiliti the Arudite, Urmilki the Gublaite, Mitinti the Ashdodite, Purduilu the Ammonite, Kammusunadbi the Moabite, Ayarammu the Edomite—all of whom were kings of Syria—brought before me numerous gifts and their heavy tribute and kissed my feet for the fourth time. But Sidqa, king of Ashkelon, who did not submit to my yoke, I tore away the gods of his father's house, himself, his wife, his sons, his daughters, his brothers, (and) his entire lineage and conducted them to the land of Assyria. I installed Šarru-lu-dari, son of their former king Rukibtu, (as ruler) over the people of Ashkelon and imposed upon him the submission of tribute-gifts to my lordship; he (now) bears my yoke. During the course of my campaign, I besieged the cities of Sidqa—Beth Dagon, Joppa, Bene-Baraq, and Azur—which did not speedily bow down to my feet. I conquered (them and) accumulated their spoil. The governors, nobility, and people of Ekron who had thrown iron fetters upon Padi their king, an ally and sworn vassal of the land of Assyria, and surrendered him as an enemy to Hezekiah of the land of the Judaeans were terrified at the outrage they had committed, and they sent to the kings of the land of Egypt for help. Soldiers armed with bows, chariots, and horses—an innumerable strong force—of the king of Ethiopia came to their aid. They fixed a battle-line in the neighborhood of Altaqu before me and sharpened their weapons. Trusting in the divine Aššur my lord, I engaged in battle with them and brought about their defeat. My own hands captured alive the charioteers and the sons of the king of Egypt, along with the charioteers of the king of Ethiopia. I besieged and conquered the cities of Altaqu and Tamna and accumulated their spoil. I drew near to Ekron and executed the officials and nobles who mistakenly plotted (against me); I hung their corpses upon the watchtowers encircling their city. The city inhabitants who had behaved sinfully and irresponsibly I counted as spoil. As for the rest of them, those who did not bear sin or hostility and who had no guilt, I proclaimed their freedom. I brought out Padi their king from within Jerusalem and reinstalled him upon the throne of lordship over them, and fixed upon him tribute for my lordship.

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