# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nabonidus
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:43.567Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nabonidus"
name: "Nabonidus"
slug: "nabonidus"
description: "The last king of Babylon before Cyrus the Great ended thousands of years of Mesopotamian sovereignty. His obsession with the moon god Sîn over Marduk alienated the priesthood, and he spent a decade in self-imposed exile in Arabia while his son held the throne."
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "-615"
deathDate: "-538"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Nabonidus came to power in 556 BC after the murder of Labashi-Marduk, likely in a plot led by his own son Belshazzar. His origins were murky — he claimed no royal lineage, though his mother was Assyrian and he may have married into Nebuchadnezzar II's family. Once crowned, he set about elevating the moon god Sîn and rebuilding temples in Harran, moves that put him at odds with Babylon's traditional clergy. From 552 to 543 BC he vanished to Tayma in Arabia for reasons still unclear, leaving Belshazzar as regent. When he returned, he doubled down on his religious program. The gambit failed. In 539 BC Cyrus took Babylon without a fight after the battle of Opis. Nabonidus was captured, possibly exiled to Carmania, and may have lived into the reign of Darius — the last native ruler of an empire that had stood for millennia.