<small>'''Nabonidus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|æ|b|ə|ˈ|n|aɪ|d|ə|s}}; [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] '''Nabû-naʾid''', "[[Nabu]] is praised", نابونيد) is the [[List of Kings of Babylon|last king]] of the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]], reigning from 556–539 BC.
==Historiography==
Modern perceptions of Nabonidus' reign has been heavily colored by accounts written well after his reign as king of Babylon, most notably by the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] and the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]]. As a result, Nabonidus has often been described in very negative terms in both modern and contemporaneous scholarship. However, an accumulation of evidence and a reassessment of existing material has caused opinions on Nabonidus and the events that happened during his reign to alter significantly in recent decades ...</small>[[Nabonidus|(read more)]]
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