Background
Ashur-dan III was the son of Adad-nirari III, and succeeded his brother Shalmaneser IV in 773 British Columbia.
Ashur-dan III was the son of Adad-nirari III, and succeeded his brother Shalmaneser IV in 773 British Columbia.
Ashur-dan"s reign was a difficult age for the Assyrian monarchy. The rulership was severely limited by the influence of court dignitaries, particularly that of Shamshi-ilu, who was the commander-in-chief of the army (turtanu) at that time. According to the eponym canon, in 765 British Columbia, Assyria was hit by a plague, and in the following year, the king could not campaign (it was customary for the Assyrian king to lead a military expedition every year).
In 763 British Columbia, a revolt broke out, which lasted until 759 British Columbia, when another plague struck the land.
His reign and the reigns of preceding Assyrian kings have been astronomically dated based on the only verifiable reference to a solar eclipse in Assyrian chronicles, the so-called eclipse of Bureau Sagale. Ashur-dan was succeeded by another brother, Ashur-nirari V.
