IL340199 The Defeat of an Ionian Fleet, illustration from \'Hutchinson\'s History of the Nations\' (litho) by Wigfull, William Edward (1875-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: in 696 BC Kirua, the Assyrian Governor of Illubru, organised a revolt and, with the help of the Ionian settlers of Tarsus, seized the caravan road through the Cilician gates; Sennacherib (704-681 BC) however defeated the rebels, captured Tarsus and destroyed the Ionian fleet;); American, out of copyright.