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A popular memory of Cyrus’ besieging Babylon (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Siege methods and equipment 09 Army and warfare 09.04 Siege methods and equipment	Keywords Babylon sieges water
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Polyaenus, Stratagemata 7.6.8:
Cyrus was besieging Babylon; the Babylonians with grain supplies for many years were laughing at the siege. Cyrus cut a canal and carried off the Euphrates, which ran through the middle of the city, into a nearby marsh. The Babylonians without water to drink immediately surrendered to Cyrus.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Polyaenus, Stratagemata 7.6.8

Bibliography

Krentz and Wheeler 1994, 634-635

Krentz P. and E. L. Wheeler. Polyaenus, Stratagems of War. Chicago: Ares Publishers 1994.

Amar Annus

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