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My warriors flew like birds against them. I felled 600 of their combat troops with the sword (and) cut off their heads….I brought out 3,000 captives from them…I took the live soldiers (and) the heads to Amida, his royal city. I built a pile of heads before his gate. I impaled the live soldiers on stakes round about his city.
— Note to self - Do not rebell against Ancient Assyrians
