the age of 1,908 years. Taejo of Goguryeo (46/47 – 165) is claimed to have reigned in Korea for 93 years beginning at age 7. After his retirement, the Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa give his age at death as , while the Book of the Later Han states he died in 121 at age . Persian empire The reigns of several shahs in the Shahnameh, an epic poem by Ferdowsi, are given as longer than a century: Zahhak, 1,000 years. Jamshid, 700 years. Fereydun, 500 years. Askani, 200 years. Kay Kāvus, 150 years. Manuchehr, 120 years. Lohrasp, 120 years. Goshtasp, 120 years. Ancient Rome In Roman times, Pliny wrote about longevity records from the census carried out in 74 AD under Vespasian. In one region of Italy many people allegedly lived past 100; four were said to be 130, others up to 140. Sumer Age claims for the earliest eight Sumerian kings in the major recension of the Sumerian King List were in units and fractions of shar (3,600 years) and totaled 67 shar or 241,200 years. In the only ten-king tablet recension of this list three kings (Alalngar, [...]kidunnu, and En-men-dur-ana) are recorded as having reigned 72,000 years together. The major recension assigns 43,200 years to the reign of En-men-lu-ana, and 36,000 years each to those of Alalngar and Dumuzid. Vietnam Kinh Dương Vương, the first King of Vietnam, is said to be born in 2919 BC and died in 2792 BC (aged about 127 years). Lạc Long Quân reigned from 2793 BC to 2524 BC (about 269 years). Medieval era Poland Piast Kołodziej, King of Poland, died in 861 at the alleged age of 120 (740 AD/861 AD). Wales Welsh bard Llywarch Hen (Heroic Elegies) died c. 500 in the parish of Llanvor, traditionally about age 150. England Edgar Ætheling, English prince who was briefly King of England after the death of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in late 1066. Edgar is said to have died shortly after 1126, when William of Malmesbury wrote that he "now grows old in the country in privacy and quiet". However, two pipe rolls exist from the years 1158 and 1167 which list Edgar. The historian Edward Augustus Freeman stated that this referred either to Edgar (aged at least 115), to a son of his, or to another person who bore the title Ætheling. Modern extreme longevity claims This