Battle of Cunaxa

Battle of Cunaxa
	; Retreat of the Ten Thousand, at the Battle of Cunaxa, by Jean Adrien Guignet
Date	3 September 401 BC
Location	Banks of the Euphrates, Achaemenid Empire (near present-day Baghdad, Iraq)33°19′30″N 44°04′48″E / 33.32500°N 44.08000°E
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Cyrus loyalists	Artaxerxes loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Cyrus the Younger †; Clearchus ; Cheirisophus; Ariaeus;	Artaxerxes II; Gobrias; Tissaphernes; Orontes;
Strength
10,400 mercenary Greek hoplites; 700 Spartan hoplites;	40,000
Casualties and losses
Minimal	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
^ ^a ^b "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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[1] Mather and Hewitt, Xenophon's Anabasis Books I–IV (University of Oklahoma Press, 1962), p. 44

[XA-2] "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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