: and _Cyrus_, who was of the Royal Family of
the _Persians_, might be _Satrapa_ of _Persia_, and command a body of their
forces under _Darius_; but was not yet an absolute and independant King:
but after the taking of _Babylon_, when he had a victorious army at his
devotion, and _Darius_ was returned from _Babylon_ into _Media_, he
revolted from _Darius_, in conjunction with the _Persians_ under him; [431]
they being incited thereunto by _Harpagus_ a _Mede_, whom _Xenophon_ calls
_Artagerses_ and _Atabazus_, and who had assisted _Cyrus_ in conquering
_Croesus_ and _Asia minor_, and had been injured by _Darius_. _Harpagus_
was sent by _Darius_ with an army against _Cyrus_, and in the midst of a
battel revolted with part of the army to _Cyrus_: _Darius_ got up a fresh
army, and the next year the two armies fought again: this last battel was
fought at _Pasargadae_ in _Persia_, according to [432] _Strabo_; and there
_Darius_ was beaten and taken Prisoner by _Cyrus_, and the Monarchy was by
this victory translated to the _Persians_. The last King of the _Medes_ is
by _Xenophon_ called _Cyaxares_, and by _Herodotus_, _Astyages_ the father
of _Mandane_: but these Kings were dead before, and _Daniel_ lets us know
that _Darius_ was the true name of the last King, and _Herodotus_, [433]
that the last King was conquered by _Cyrus_ in the manner above described;
and the _Darics_ coined by the last King testify that his name was
_Darius_.

This victory over _Darius_ was about two years after the taking of
_Babylon_: for the Reign or _Nabonnedus_ the last King of the _Chaldees_,
whom _Josephus_ calls _Naboandel_ and _Belshazzar_, ended in the year of
_Nabonassar_ 210, nine years before the death of _Cyrus_, according to the
Canon: but after the translation of the Kingdom of the _Medes_ to the
_Persians_, _Cyrus_ Reigned only seven years, according to [434]
_Xenophon_; and spending the seven winter months yearly at _Babylon_, the
three spring months yearly at _Susa_, and the two Summer months at
_Ecbatane_, he came the seventh time into _Persia_, and died there in the
spring, and was buried at _Pasargadae_. By the Canon and the common consent
of all Chronologers, he died in the year of _Nabonassar_ 219, and therefore
conquered _Darius_ in the year of _Nabonassar_ 212, seventy and two years
after the destruction of _Nineveh_, and beat him the first time in the year
of _Nabonassar_ 211, and revolted from him, and became King of the
_Per