Aššur-dan III.

Aššur-dan (also Ashur-dan, Assur-dan III. ) Was from 772 BC. BC to 755 BC King of the Assyrian Empire .

Aššur-dan was the son of Adad-nīrārī III. and followed his brother Shalmaneser IV on the throne. His rule (as well as that of his successor and brother Aššur-nirari V ) was limited by the influence of powerful nobles, especially the commander-in-chief of the army, Šamši-ilu . According to the chronicles, he stayed “in the country” in 768 and 764, so he did not undertake any campaigns, which is taken as an indication of domestic political difficulties. His campaigns to central Syria and Babylonia failed. In the ninth year of his reign, an epidemic broke out, followed by a rebellion in his own country (between 763 and 758) that lasted about four years. There were revolts in Aššur , Arrapcha ( Kirkuk ) and Guzana ( Tell Halaf ). At the end of the rebellion, another plague struck Assyria.

In the government of Aššur-dans III. the solar eclipse of June 15, 763 BC also falls . BC , which was recorded in a list of eponyms and which is used as a fixed point for the ancient oriental chronology .

Web links

Total solar eclipse of June 8th, 763 BC Chr.

Remarks

^ ^A ^b Georges Roux: Ancient Iraq. Penguin Books, London 1992, ISBN 0-14-012523-X , pp. 302f.
↑ ^a ^b In the specialist literature mostly given as June 15 . However, according to the proleptic Julian calendar, the date is 763 BC. Calculated. In direct comparison, the beginning of spring fell on March 28th. In conversion to today's Gregorian calendar , 7 days must therefore be deducted. The result is June 8th. Calculations according to Jean Meeus: Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 and Ephemeris Tool 4,5 conversion program .

predecessor	Office	successor
Salmānu-ašarēd IV. (Shalmaneser IV.)	Assyrian king 772–755 BC Chr.	Aššur-nirari V.

personal data
SURNAME	Aššur-dan III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aššur-dan; Ashhur-dan, Assur-dan III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Assyria
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	around 755 BC Chr.

[ancient-1] A ^b Georges Roux: Ancient Iraq. Penguin Books, London 1992, ISBN 0-14-012523-X , pp. 302f.

[SF-2] In the specialist literature mostly given as June 15 . However, according to the proleptic Julian calendar, the date is 763 BC. Calculated. In direct comparison, the beginning of spring fell on March 28th. In conversion to today's Gregorian calendar , 7 days must therefore be deducted. The result is June 8th. Calculations according to Jean Meeus: Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 and Ephemeris Tool 4,5 conversion program .