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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 3, chapter 150 (search)

While the fleet was away at Samos, the Babylonians revolted.According to the course of Herodotus' narrative, the revolt would seem to have taken place some considerable time after Darius' accession (531 B.C.). But the Behistun inscription apparently makes it one of the earliest events of his reign. They had made very good preparation; for during the reign of the Magus, and the rebellion of the seven, they had taken advantage of the time and the confusion to provision themselves against the siege; and (I cannot tell how) this went undetected. At last they revolted openly and did this:—sending away all the mothers, each chose one woman, whomever he liked of his domestics, as a bread-maker; as for the rest, they gathered them together and strangled them so they would not consume their bread.

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