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Ashurbanipal
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Ashurbanipal

King of Babylon

Born 685 BC · died 631 BC, aged 53 or 54
Also known as Aššur-bāni-apli, Assurbanipal, mamellut

Who was alive at the same time as Ashurbanipal?

  1. Numa Pompilius, 753–671 BC
  2. Sennacherib, c. 745 – 681 BC
  3. Tullus Hostilius, 710–642 BC
  4. Archilochus, 688 – c. 645 BC
  5. Ashurbanipal, 685–631 BC
  6. Ancus Marcius, 675–616 BC
  7. Amon of Judah, 664–640 BC
  8. Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  9. Jehoiakim, 634–598 BC

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When Ashurbanipal was born, Archilochus was 2 or 3 and Numa Pompilius was 67 or 68.

When Ashurbanipal died, Ancus Marcius was 43 or 44.

Born during Ashurbanipal’s lifetime: Nebuchadnezzar II, Ancus Marcius, Jehoiakim and Amon of Judah.

Not quite contemporaries: Aesop was born about 8 years after Ashurbanipal died, Nabonidus was born about 13 years after Ashurbanipal died and Stesichorus was born about a year after Ashurbanipal died.

Where Ashurbanipal’s contemporaries were born

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