# Ninus — The City of God character guide

> Ninus in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** King Ninus

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Legendary founder of Nineveh and the Assyrian empire, mentioned in historical chronology.

## In the story

### [Book IV: The One True God, Not the Pagan Gods, Is the Author of Earthly Kingdoms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-book-iv)

First Assyrian king who, according to Justinus, changed ancestral custom by waging war for lust of dominion.

### [Concerning the covetousness of Ninus, who was the first who made war on his neighbours, that he might rule more widely.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-vi)

King of the Assyrians, first to make war on neighbors for empire expansion.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Founder of the Assyrian empire, used as an example of a kingdom that rose without Christian influence.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Founder of the Assyrian kingdom, descended from Shem, who subdued surrounding nations and established a lasting empire.

### [Of the three most famous kingdoms of the nations, of which one, that is, the Assyrian, was already very eminent when Abraham was born](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

Ninus, son of Belus, reigned over Assyria and subdued all Asia except India; he was king for 52 years and had reigned 43 years when Abraham was born.

### [Of the kings and times of the earthly city which were synchronous with the times of the saints, reckoning from the rise of Abraham.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Second king of Assyria, succeeding his father Belus. He subdued all of Asia to the boundaries of Libya, except the Indians, and reigned at the time of Abraham's birth.

### [That Rome was founded when the Assyrian kingdom perished, at which time Hezekiah reigned in Judah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii)

King of Assyria who subdued all Asia except India, referenced as a point of comparison for Rome's expansion.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv)

King of the Assyrians who conquered Zoroaster.

## Links

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