Assyria - The Story of Ashubanipal

The people of elam had clashed with the syrians a number of times, and to day, their border is more or less in the same place as the modern border between irak and iran. In year six 53 b c itis thought that the elemite king, a man named toman, received a secret message. This message was from the older brother of king ashubanipal, then ruling as the king of babylon,. He said: i will help you invade assyria topple asubanipal and destroy your ancient rival, and in return, i want to rule over babylon as its only king. The elemites were all too eager to accept.