When was Nabonidus possibly alive until?
During the reign of Alexander the Great
During the reign of Darius the Great
During the reign of Xerxes the Great
During the reign of Julius Caesar
Answer
Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, possibly lived until the reign of Darius the Great, the Persian king who conquered Babylon in 539 BCE. After his defeat, Nabonidus was taken prisoner and exiled to Carmania (modern-day Kerman, Iran), where he may have remained under house arrest until his death.
The Reign of Nabonidus: Exploring the Last King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
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