He would meet his end at the hands of Queen Tomyris, who stuffed his head in a jar of blood to satisfy his craving for it.
He would meet his end at the hands of Queen Tomyris, who stuffed his head in a jar of blood to satisfy his craving for it. He was ordered exposed as a baby because his grandfather Astyages dreamed that the shoot from his daughter's genitals would overshadow his empire, but in a reversal he was allowed to live. He did in fact supplant Astyages, and went on to defeat the Lydians at Pteria and Thymbra before conquering Nabonidus and taking Babylon. FTP, name this man who overthrew the Medians and established the Persian empire, nicknamed "the Great"
He would meet his end at the hands of Queen Tomyris, who stuffed his head in a jar of blood to satisfy his craving for it.
Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great