Nabonassar

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He brings �sop to Babylon, in the reign of king Lycerus, a king of his own making; for his name is not to be found in any catalogue, from Nabonassar to Alexander the Great; Nabonadius, most probably, reigning in Babylon about that time.

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To all appearance, however, he was not recognized by the Babylonians themselves as king, Nabonassar being then on the throne.

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When speaking of the eclipses which were observed at Babylon, Ptolemy gives a list of Babylonian kings, with the length of their reigns, from the so-called era of Nabonassar, in b.c.

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In the history of Babylonia, the fixed point from which time was reckoned was the era of Nabonassar, 747 B.C.

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Of the three ancient eras above spoken of, the earliest is that of the Olympiads, next that of the foundation of Rome, and the latest the era of Nabonassar.

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