Battle of Cunaxa
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The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in the late summer of 401 BC between the Persian king Artaxerxes II and his brother Cyrus the Younger for control of the Achaemenid throne. The great battle of the revo
Retreat of the Ten Thousand, at the Battle of Cunaxa, by Jean Adrien Guignet
Portrait of Artaxerxes II.
Army of Artaxerxes II, as depicted on his tomb at Persepolis.
19th Century English School depiction of the Battle of Cunaxa
Xenophon
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Xenophon of Athens was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been p
Battle of Cunaxa
…great battle of the revolt of Cyrus took place 70 km north of Babylon, at Cunaxa (Greek: Κούναξα), on the left bank of the Euphrates. The main source is Xenophon, a Greek soldier who participated in the fighting. Despite the success in the battle achieved by the interaction of the Greek mercenaries and the Persian…
Bust statue of Xenophon, dated to 120 AD (Roman period).
Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire. The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is delineated in green.
19th-century illustration of Xenophon leading his Ten Thousand through Persia to the Black Sea
Xenophon's Anabasis