Editing Cimmerians (section)

======Death of Dugdammî======
Dugdammî soon broke his oath and attacked the Neo-Assyrian Empire again, but during his military campaign he contracted a grave illness whose symptoms included paralysis of half of his body and vomiting of blood as well as gangrene of the genitals, and he consequently committed suicide in 640 BC<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Phillips|1972|p=132}}|{{harvnb|Spalinger|1978a|p=407}}|{{harvnb|Hawkins|1982|p=432}}|{{harvnb|Grayson|1991c|p=145}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=107}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=124}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=63}}|{{harvnb|Cunliffe|2019|p=33}}}}</ref> in Cilicia itself.<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=114}}|{{harvnb|Bouzek|2001|p=39}}|{{harvnb|Xydopoulos|2015|p=120}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=63}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=72}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=264}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=271}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=215}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=218}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=220}}|{{harvnb|Fuchs|2023|p=759}}}}</ref>

Dugdammî was succeeded as king of the Cimmerians in Cilicia by his son [[Sandakšatru]],<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Spalinger|1978a|p=407}}|{{harvnb|Tokhtas’ev|1991}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=63}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=264}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=220}}|{{harvnb|Fuchs|2023|p=759}}}}</ref> who continued Dugdammî's attacks against the Neo-Assyrian Empire{{sfn|Ivantchik|1993a|p=115}} but failed just like his father.{{sfn|Sulimirski|Taylor|1991|p=559}}{{sfn|Ivantchik|1993a|p=124}}

The power of the Cimmerians dwindled quickly after the death of Dugdammî,{{sfn|Ivantchik|1993a|p=107}}{{sfn|Adalı|2023|p=221}} although the Lydian kings Ardys and Sadyattes might however have either died fighting the Cimmerians or were deposed for being incapable of efficiently fighting them, respectively in {{c.|637}} and {{c.|635 BC}}.{{sfn|Dale|2015|p=160-161}}