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Assyrian kingdom of 1160 years (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources Chronicles 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.11 Historiography 05.11.02 Historiographic texts 05.11.02.01 Chronicles	Keywords Assyria kings
Period 5th century CE Roman Empire	Channel Christian-Roman philosophers and scholars

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Orosius, Historia adversus Paganos 1.12:
Inasmuch as the Assyrian kingdom was governed by about fifty kings and was hardly ever at peace during the one thousand one hundred and sixty years that elapsed before the reign of Sardanapalus (offensive and defensive wars were always being waged) what purpose will be served if I attempt to recall these events by enumerating them, to say nothing of describing them?

Source (list of abbreviations)
Orosius, Historia adversus Paganos 1.12

Bibliography

Raymond 1936, 60

Raymond, Irving W. Seven Books of History against the Pagans. The Apology of Paulus Orosius. New York: Columbia University Press 1936.

Amar Annus

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