Assyria

But the Assyrians, both those from Babylon and those from the rest of Assyria, will bring, I think, not fewer than 20,000 horse and not fewer, I am sure, than 200 war-chariots, and a vast number of infantry, I suppose;

whereas, if we take the field, we shall get our support from the enemy’s country.

but if we go into the enemy’s country, we shall do injury to theirs with all our hearts.

After the Assyrians had ruled Upper Asia for five hundred and twenty years, the Medes were the first who began to revolt from them.

and they took Ninus (how, I will describe in a later part of my history), and brought all Assyria except the province of Babylon under their rule.

There is little rain in Assyria.

Thus Hezekiah when he had not stood to the engagements made by his ancestors, being threatened with an attack from the King of Assyria on that account, acknowledged his fault, and left it to the King to assign what penalty he should pay for the offence.

Plutarch relates the same of the ancient Corinthians and Megarensians, and Cyrus sent a message to the king of Assyria to inform him that he was willing to avoid molesting all who were employed in tilling the ground.

and others were across the East, the one of that region from among the Assyrians, the other in Palestine, a Hebrew by descent.