Yeah, the guy was clearly insane (it's also rumored that he buried folks alive for the most minuscule of slights) and what's really bizarre is that his father, Cyrus the Great, was actually a fairly benevolent fellow (his treatment of civilians in the conquered lands of Lydia and Babylon were extremely lenient, given the time). Oh well, regression to the mean, perhaps.
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