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Sardanapálus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The last king of Assyria; led a luxurious, effeminate life, but surprised when at his ease by a large army of invaders he suddenly developed into a hero, till hard pressed at length and shut up in Nineveh, and after two years' defence finding resistance hopeless, he reared a funeral pile, and setting fire to it, threw himself upon it and perished in the flames.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sardanapálus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sardanapalus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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