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Key facts
- Reign
- 773–755 BC
- Predecessor
- Shalmaneser IV
- Successor
- Ashur-nirari V
- Died
- 755 BC
- Akkadian
- Aššur-dān
- Dynasty
- Adaside dynasty
- Father
- Adad-nirari III
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Assyrian Empire
- Father
- Adad-nirari III
- Sibling
- Ashur-nirari V
- Occupation
- sovereign
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- date of death
- 0754-00-00
- date of birth
- 0900-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Ashur-dan III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-dān, meaning "Ashur is strong") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 773 BC to his death in 755 BC. Ashur-dan was a son of Adad-nirari III (r. 811–783 BC) and succeeded his brother Shalmaneser IV as king. He ruled during a period of Assyrian decline from which few sources survive. As such his reign, other than broad political developments, is poorly known. At this time, the Assyrian officials were becoming increasingly powerful relative to the king and at the same time, Assyria's enemies were growing more dangerous. Ashur-dan's reign was a particularly difficult one as he was faced with two outbreaks of plague and five of his eighteen years as king were devoted to putting down revolts.
Reign
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