Saracori, a people who go to war riding on asses. Ælian, Varia Historia, bk. 12.
Sarangæ, a people near Caucasus. Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 16.
Saranges, a river of India, falling into the Hydraotes, and thence into the Indus.
Sarapāni, a people of Colchis. Strabo.
Sarapus, a surname of Pittacus, one of the seven wise men of Greece.
Sarasa, a fortified place of Mesopotamia, on the Tigris. Strabo.
Saraspades, a son of Phraates king of Parthia, sent as a hostage to Augustus, &c. Strabo.
Saravus, now Soar, a river of Belgium, falling into the Moselle.
Sardanapālus, the 40th and last king of Assyria, celebrated for his luxury and voluptuousness. The greatest part of his time was spent in the company of his eunuchs, and the monarch generally appeared in the midst of his concubines disguised in the habit of a female, and spinning wool for his amusement. This effeminacy irritated his officers; Belesis and Arsaces conspired against him, and collected a numerous force to dethrone him. Sardanapalus quitted his voluptuousness for a while, and appeared at the head of his armies. The rebels were defeated in three successive battles, but at last Sardanapalus was beaten and besieged in the city of Ninus for two years. When he despaired of success, he burned himself in his palace, with his eunuchs, concubines, and all his treasures, and the empire of Assyria was divided among the conspirators. This famous event happened B.C. 820, according to Eusebius; though Justin and others, with less probability, place it 80 years earlier. Sardanapalus was made a god after death. Herodotus, bk. 2, ch. 150.—Diodorus, bk. 2.—Strabo, bk. 14.—Cicero, Tusculanæ Disputationes, bk. 5, ch. 35.