The eastern and northern possessions of Assyria were taken from her, and the monarchy fell rapidly into decay.

In B.C.763 an eclipse of the sun took place on the 15th of June, and was the signal for the outbreak of a revolt in Assur, the ancient capital of the kingdom.

It spread rapidly to other parts of the empire, and though for a time the government held its own against the rebels, the end came in B.C.

745.
Assur-nirari, the last of the old dynasty, died or was put to death, and Pulu or Pul, one of his generals, was proclaimed king on the 13th of Iyyar or April under the name of Tiglath-pileser III.
Tiglath-pileser III.

was the founder of the Second Assyrian empire, which was based on a wholly different principle from that of the first.
Occupation and not plunder was the object of its wars.