Battle of Cunaxa

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Cunaxa was a 401 BC clash near Babylon in which Cyrus the Younger, supported by the Greek mercenaries later chronicled in Xenophon’s *Anabasis*, unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Persian throne from his brother Artaxerxes II.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Cunaxa canonical	11

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
aftermath	Greek mercenaries marched north to the Black Sea ⓘ Greek mercenaries stranded deep in Persian territory ⓘ
belligerent	Persian army ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid royal army Artaxerxes II ⓘ Cyrus the Younger ⓘ Greek mercenaries ⓘ
cause	Cyrus the Younger’s attempt to seize the Persian throne ⓘ
combatantStrength	Artaxerxes II’s army was numerically superior ⓘ Cyrus the Younger’s army included about 10,000 Greek hoplites ⓘ
commander	Ariaeus ⓘ Artaxerxes II ⓘ Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
conflictOf	Cyrus the Younger’s rebellion ⓘ
conflictType	civil war battle ⓘ
date	401 BC ⓘ
describedIn	Anabasis ⓘ
era	Classical antiquity ⓘ
hasLanguageSource	Ancient Greek accounts ⓘ
hasParticipant	Xenophon ⓘ the Ten Thousand ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 5th century BC ⓘ
killedPerson	Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
locatedIn	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear	Babylon ⓘ
location	Cunaxa ⓘ
militaryTactic	Greek hoplite phalanx ⓘ
notableFor	detailed first-hand Greek narrative of a Persian campaign ⓘ use of Greek hoplite mercenaries in Persian civil war ⓘ
opponentOf	Artaxerxes II ⓘ Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
outcome	death of Cyrus the Younger ⓘ defeat of Cyrus the Younger’s forces ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid dynastic struggles ⓘ Cyrus the Younger’s campaign against Artaxerxes II ⓘ
politicalContext	succession dispute in the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor	Xenophon ⓘ
relatedTo	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Persian–Greek relations ⓘ
relatedWork	Anabasis ⓘ surface form: Anabasis by Xenophon
result	victory for Artaxerxes II ⓘ
significance	secured Artaxerxes II on the Persian throne ⓘ triggered the retreat of the Ten Thousand ⓘ
year	401 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anabasis → notableEpisode → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

army of Cyrus the Younger → participantIn → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

Artaxerxes II → notableEvent → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

retreat of the Ten Thousand → notableEvent → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

subject surface form: Retreat of the Ten Thousand

the Ten Thousand → foughtIn → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Thousand

Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries → foughtIn → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

Cyrus the Younger → battle → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

Clearchus of Sparta → participatedIn → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

Tissaphernes → participantIn → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

Cyrus the Younger’s revolt → mainBattle → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ

Ariaeus → participatedIn → Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ