abstract:Rabshakeh, also Rab-shakeh and Rabsaces (Akkadian language Rabshaqe; ; Rapsakēs; ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: () This name meaning chief of the princes was given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian royal courts in ancient Mesopotamia, and revived by the Assyrians as a military rank during World War I.