Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian war . d was led by an impostoror pretender: the success of the tragi-comedy en-acted by. the Magian Gaumata had borne plenteousfruits and produced a perfect epidemic of the samekind of deceit. The one reliable source of informa-mation for the gigantic struggle in which Dareiossuddenly found himself engaged almost single-handedagainst adversaries that sprang up on every side ofhim, is of course his own narrative on the Bchistunrock; it is singularly modest and unass
Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian war . d was led by an impostoror pretender: the success of the tragi-comedy en-acted by. the Magian Gaumata had borne plenteousfruits and produced a perfect epidemic of the samekind of deceit. The one reliable source of informa-mation for the gigantic struggle in which Dareiossuddenly found himself engaged almost single-handedagainst adversaries that sprang up on every side ofhim, is of course his own narrative on the Bchistunrock; it is singularly modest and unassuming—agreat contrast to the bragging of the Assyrian royaldocuments. We cannot do better than follow itstep by step, even when not quoting from it. 8. The first to openly rebel was Elam, or certain Atrina there declared himself king. Atthe same time a man of Babylon, Nadintabiraby name, thus lied to the state of Babylon: I amNebuchadrezzar, the son of Nabonidus. The wholestate of Babylon went over to him, and acknowl-edged him for its king. The movement at Susa ap-pears to have been easily quelled, as all that Dareios. 375 3/6 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. says about it is tliis : T went to Susiana; thatAtrina was brought to mc a prisoner; I slew so the rising at l^abyion ; it needed a real cam-paign to put it down. The rclicls forces were placedon the Tigris and it cost a battle for the royal armyto effect a passage. Another battle was fought onthe Euphrates near the capital, and, though defeated,the pretender did not surrender, but fled wilh a fewhorsemen and threw himself into Babylon, where hesustained a regular siege. Dareios records with greatsimplicity that he by the grace of Ahura-Mazda,took the city and seized on the false Nebuchadrez-zar, w^hom he put to death. This expedition occu-pied several months, and while he was detained inBabylonia, no less than nine countries revoltedagainst him at once, of which he gives the list: Per-sia, Susiana, Media,
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