Cyrus the Younger, in an attempt to…

405 BCE to 394 BCE

Cyrus the Younger, in an attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II, musters a group of mercenary units, mainly Greek, known as The Ten Thousand.

Their march to the Battle of Cunaxa and back to Greece (401 BCE-399 BCE) is recorded by Xenophon (one of its leaders) in his work, The Anabasis.

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