army of Cyrus the Younger
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The army of Cyrus the Younger was the multinational force of Greek mercenaries and Persian troops that backed Cyrus’s failed bid for the Persian throne and whose retreat was famously chronicled in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mercenary army
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military force → |
| aftermath |
Greek mercenaries stranded deep in Persian territory
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long retreat to the Black Sea → |
| approximateSize |
about 10,000 Greek mercenaries
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tens of thousands of Persian and allied troops → |
| associatedWith |
Achaemenid civil war
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Spartan military tradition → Ten Thousand → |
| chronicledIn |
Anabasis
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| commandedBy |
Ariaeus
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Cheirisophus the Spartan → Clearchus of Sparta → Cyrus the Younger → Menon of Thessaly → Proxenus of Boeotia → Socrates of Achaea → Xenias of Parrhasia → |
| conflictType |
dynastic struggle in the Achaemenid Empire
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| documentedBy |
Xenophon
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|
| financedBy |
Cyrus the Younger
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| hasComponent |
Anatolian contingents
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Greek mercenaries → Persian troops → cavalry → hoplites → infantry → peltasts → |
| notableEvent |
march from Sardis to Cunaxa
→
retreat of the Ten Thousand → |
| operatedIn |
Achaemenid Empire
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Asia Minor → Babylonia → Upper Mesopotamia → |
| opposedTo |
Artaxerxes II of Persia
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| outcome |
death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa
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strategic failure → |
| participantIn |
Battle of Cunaxa
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Cyrus the Younger’s revolt → |
| partOf |
campaign of Cyrus the Younger
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|
| purpose |
to depose Artaxerxes II
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to secure the Persian throne for Cyrus the Younger → |
| recruitedFrom |
Greek city-states
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Ionia → Peloponnese → Thessaly → |
| supports |
Cyrus the Younger
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|
| timePeriod |
401 BCE
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5th century BCE → |