After the relatively low box office takings of __APOS__Intolerance__APOS__, D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film__APOS__s interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was __APOS__The Fall of Babylon__APOS__, which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.