Babylon - Battle of Opis
Time: Saturday Sep 26, 539 BC
Place: Opis, Babylon (Present-Day Baghdad, Iraq)
Details: Cyrus invaded Babylon. Nabonidus sent his son Belshazzar to head off the huge Persian army but the Babylonian forces were overwhelmed at the Battle of Opis.
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