Thousands of Greek mercenaries march home against opposition
Belligerents
Cyrus the Younger The Ten Thousand
Achaemenid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Cyrus the Younger† Clearchus Cheirisophus[2] Ariaeus
Artaxerxes II Gobrias Tissaphernes Orontes
Strength
Large force of Persian soldiers 10,400 mercenary Greek hoplites 700 Spartan hoplites[2] 2,500 mercenary light infantry and peltasts 1,000 Paphlagonian cavalry 600 bodyguard cavalry 20 scythed chariots
40,000[3]
Casualties and losses
Minimal, death of Cyrus
Unknown
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 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.
^Mather and Hewitt, Xenophon's Anabasis Books I–IV (University of Oklahoma Press, 1962), p. 44
^ ab"Cheirisophus the Lacedaemonian also arrived with this fleet, coming in response to Cyrus' summons, together with seven hundred hoplites, over whom he continued to hold command in the army of Cyrus." Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.3 Archived 11 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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