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The dominion of the Scythians over Asia lasted eight-and-twenty
years, during which time their insolence and oppression spread ruin on
every side. For besides the regular tribute, they exacted from the
several nations additional imposts, which they fixed at pleasure; and
further, they scoured the country and plundered every one of whatever
they could. At length Cyaxares and the Medes invited the greater
part of them to a banquet, and made them drunk with wine, after which
they were all massacred. The Medes then recovered their empire, and
had the same extent of dominion as before. They took Nineveh - I
will relate how in another history - and conquered all Assyria except
the district of Babylonia. After this Cyaxares died, having reigned
over the Medes, if we include the time of the Scythian rule, forty years.
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