The Lantern

Chronicon · Book 1 translated from Armenian6

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19 Balatores 30 years

20 Lamprides 32 years

21 Sosmares 8 years

22 Lampares 30 years

23 Pannias 42 years

During his reign the fleet of the Argonauts and Heracles appeared.

24 Sosarmus 19 years

25 Mithraeus 27 years

26 Teutamus 32 years

During his reign Ilium was captured.

27 Teutaeus 40 years

28 Theneus 30 years

29 Derusus 40 years

30 Eupalmes 38 years

During his reign David, the prominent king of the Hebrews, lived. It was his son [g99] Solomon who built the temple in Jerusalem.

31 Laosthenes 45 years

32 Peritiades 30 years

33 Ophrataeus 21 years

34 Ophatanes 50 years

35 Acrazanes 42 years

36 Sardanapallus 20 years

During his reign Lycurgus made laws for the Lacedaemonians. The kings of the Assyrians were the rulers until this period, when Thespieus, Ariphron's son, was king of the Athenians.

According to reliable sources, the entire empire of the Assyrians lasted for 1,240 years. Others say that it lasted for 1,300 years. Thonnus Concolerus, who is called Sardanapallus in Greek, was defeated by Arbaces and Belesius and committed suicide by fire. From [Sardanapallus] until the first Olympiad, 40 years elapsed.

Once Arbaces had destroyed Assyrian rule, he designated Belesius as king of the Babylonians. [Arbaces] himself transferred the authority of the Assyrians to the Medes. Here is [a table of] their [kings'] reigns [g100].

[19] Kings of the Medes.