Sardanapalus was the last king of the Assyrians, that pos∣sessed the whole monarchie: he was a man of very bad behaui∣our; and being ••••ercome in battell by Arbaces, hee burnt him∣selfe to death by fire.
This monarchie indured 1240. yeeres after Eusebius: but see the fourth section following, and marke it attentiuely.
After that Sardanapalus the vicious and effeminate mo∣narke, had burnt himselfe, together with his riches; Phul Be∣lochus the president of Babylon, and Arbaces ruler of the Medes, diuided the monarchie betweene them. Phul Belo∣chus had Babylon and Assyria; Arbaces enioyed Media and Persia. The kings that took part with Arbaces, were termed the Kings of the Medes. Such as followed Belochus, the Kings of the Assyrians, Chaldeans or Babylonians. The court lay first at Niniueh, after at Babylon.
Arbaces the Mede subdued the Assyrians, and translated the Empire to the Medes. From hencefoorth many alterations chanced in the monarkie. After Herodotus, the Assyrians held the monarchie 500. yeeres: from which time, now the Assyri∣ans, now the Medes, now the Chaldeans had the vpper hand. At the length, the Medes being more mightie then the rest, subdued Babylon, and quietly enioyed the whole empire.
The kings of ye Medes
- Arbaces Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 28
- Sosarnus Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 30
- Medidus Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 40
- Cardiceas Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 15
- Diôcles Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 54
- Phaortes Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 24
- Cyaraxes, or Cyaxares Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 32
- Astyages▪ Anno mundi 3195 raigned yeres Anno mundi 3456 38
The monarkie of the Assyrians (which is also called the mo∣narkie of the Chaldeans, and of the Babylonians, because