When Cyrus the Persian was conquering Babylon, the current Emperor, Nabonidus, was doing a whole bunch of useless stuff involving bring all the gods together, and for the first time in ten years actually spent time in Babylon and completed the New Years festival. Cyrus subsequentially crushed the Babylonian armies at Opis and taking the garrisons surrounding Babylon without a fight. Reports say he walked into Babylon without raising a sword. Oh well, at least Nabonidus got to finish his New Years party.
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