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Army of the legendary king Ninus (1)

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08 Administrative systems
12 Assyrian Identity
09 Army and warfare


 		Keywords
Ninus
Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.1.4-5:
The first [king] to be handed down by tradition to history and memory for us as one who achieved great deeds is Ninus, king of the Assyrians, and of him we shall now endeavour to give a detailed account. For being by nature a warlike man and emulous of valour, he supplied the strongest of the young men with arms, and by training them for a considerable time he accustomed them to every hardship and all the dangers of war. And when now he had collected a notable army, he formed an alliance with Ariaeus, the king of Arabia.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.1.4-5

Bibliography

Oldfather 1960, I 348-351Oldfather, C. H. Diodorus of Sicily. 12 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

Amar Annus


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