Sennacherib

Sennacherib, an Assyrian king, son of Sargon, reigned 702 to 681 B.C. The chief events of his reign are enumerated under Assyria (q.v.). He was the originator of great public works, as the embankment of the Tigris, the making of canals, watercourses, and the erection of a gigantic palace at Nineveh.