. "Sardanapalus (/\u02CCs\u0251rd\u0259\u02C8n\u00E6p\u0259l\u0259s/; sometimes spelled Sardanapallus) was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of Assyria, although in actuality Ashur-uballit II (612-605 BC) holds that distinction. Ctesias' Persica is lost, but we know of its contents by later compilations and from the work of Diodorus (II.27)."@en . .