Tiglath-Pileser
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Tiglath-Pileser may refer to:
- Tiglath-Pileser ITiglath-Pileser ITiglath-Pileser I was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian period . According to Georges Roux, Tiglath-Pileser was "one of the two or three great Assyrian monarchs since the days of Shamshi-Adad I"...
, king of Assyria from 1115 to 1077 BC - Tiglath-Pileser IITiglath-Pileser IITiglath-Pileser II was King of Assyria from 967 BCE, when he succeeded his father Ashur-resh-ishi II until his death in 935 BCE, when he was succeeded by his son Ashur-dan II. Little is known about his reign.-References:...
, king of Assyria from 967 to 935 BC - Tiglath-Pileser IIITiglath-Pileser IIITiglath-Pileser III was a prominent king of Assyria in the eighth century BC and is widely regarded as the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Tiglath-Pileser III seized the Assyrian throne during a civil war and killed the royal family...
, or Tiglath-Pileser IV, king of Assyria from 745 to 727 BC