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Sennacherib
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Sennacherib

King of Babylon

Born c. 745 BC · died 20 October 681 BC
Also known as Sennachérib, King of Assyria Sanherib, King of Assyria Sennacherib

Who was alive at the same time as Sennacherib?

  1. Amos, 814–740 BC
  2. Sargon II, c. 765 – 705 BC
  3. Ahaz, 763–727 BC
  4. Hoshea, 759–723 BC
  5. Numa Pompilius, 753–671 BC
  6. Sennacherib, c. 745 – 681 BC
  7. Tullus Hostilius, 710–642 BC
  8. Archilochus, 688 – c. 645 BC
  9. Ashurbanipal, 685–631 BC

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When Sennacherib died, Ashurbanipal was 3 or 4, Archilochus was 6 or 7, Numa Pompilius was 72 and Tullus Hostilius was 28 or 29.

Born during Sennacherib’s lifetime: Ashurbanipal, Archilochus and Tullus Hostilius.

Not quite contemporaries: Ancus Marcius was born about 5 years after Sennacherib died.

Where Sennacherib’s contemporaries were born

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