Les Soutiens de Cambyse en Babylonie, de 539 à 522 av. è. c. (The Supports of Cambyses in Babylonia, from 539 to 522 BCE)

Cambyses’ relations with local elites in Babylon were marked by a phenomenon of misunderstanding when he took the title of “King of Babylon” at the beginning of Cyrus’ reign and then, fifteen years later, when he extended his stay in Egypt after the conquest of 526 BCE. While Cambyses managed to establish an effective link between him and the Babylonian local authorities for much of his reign, he could not prevent a certain disaffection that led these same Babylonian local authorities to turn to his brother Bardiya, in the town of Ḫumadešu in Iran.

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