King of Persia and Babylonia (539-530). Commonly known as “Cyrus the Great“. Founder of the Teispid dynasty and the Achaemenid Empire, to which he added Babylonia in 539 BCE by defeating the last Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus. Attested in several cuneiform sources such as the Nabonidus Chronicle, the Uruk King List and the so called Cyrus Cylinder.