Fall of Babylon - The Ancients

The year is 539 BC. The greatest city of the ancient world has fallen. Babylon has opened it's gates to a new conqueror: the mighty Persian king Cyrus the Great. In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined once again by friend of the show Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones to uncover the dramatic fall of Babylon and the ascent of Persia’s Achaemenid empire. From the final decades of Babylonian rule to Cyrus’ blood-stained triumph and the city’s remarkable survival under a new regime, they discover how one of history’s most iconic capitals lost its crown - a seismic chapter in the tumultuous story of the Ancient Near East. Watch this episode on our NEW YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheAncientsPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheAncientsPodcast</a> MORE<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XBGgXjkgKO7ha1EKrCi1Z?si=lJFgjM3ISdCdO-lIWyFPrA" rel="noopener...