Person
Astyages
last king of the Medes
The last king of the Medes, whose army handed him over to Cyrus II around 550 BCE. The hostile and legendary Greek accounts of his family and fall must be read against the sparse Babylonian record.
- Date
- r. c. 585–c. 550 BCE
- Other names
- Ištumegu · Astyagēs
- Groups
- Rulers beyond Persia
- Record status
- Secure identification
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