Chapter 57: The Beginnings and End of Empire Flashcards
Assur-uballit
He was an army officer ad royal cousin to Sin-shum-ishkun, and he took the throne after his cousin’s death.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
He was a Greek historian who went to Rome in the reign of Augustus Caesar and spent twenty-two years writing a history of the city.
Estruscans
They were strong builders and wealthy merchants who did not intend to let the Latial upstarts to the south expand without challenge.
Haran
This was the name of the city the Assyrian king fled to after his territory was sacked.
Josiah of Judah
He was the king of Jerusalem, he had taken advantage of the Assyrian disintegration to reassert his own independence.
Lucumo (Lucius Tarquinius Priscus/Tarquin the Elder)
He worked he way up to the throne, and in 616, he ascended to the throne of Rome, ruling for nearly forty years.
Nebuchadnezzar
He was the son of Nabopolassar, he was married to the princcess of the Median king of the Medes and Persians.
Necho II
He was the son of the Assyrian-trained Psammetichus I of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. He chose to help the Assyrians out when they needed it.
Numa Pompilius
He was the man picked by the senators to be the Sabine king, he was not a great general but a wise man, famous for his justice.
Servius Tullius
He was the son of Lucumo (Lucius Tarquinius Priscus/Tarquin the Elder) like his father he was an Etruscan. He ruled for forty-four years.
