Battle of Cunaxa
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Cunaxa · battle · engagement · the battle · this battle
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Artaxerxes
The decisive battle near Babylon between Artaxerxes and his rebel brother Cyrus, in which Cyrus is killed after wounding the king twice, and the Greek mercenaries prove victorious on their wing despite Cyrus's death.
So, to begin with, by his sudden appearance with an army of nine hundred thousand men in brilliant array, he so terrified and confounded the enemy, who were marching along in loose order and without arms because of their boldness and contempt for the king, that Cyrus could with difficulty bring them into battle array amid much tumult and shouting;
As Cyrus proceeded on his march, rumours and reports kept coming to his ears that the king had decided not to give battle at once, and was not desirous of coming to close quarters with him, but rather of waiting in Persia until his forces should assemble there from all parts.
And it was Teribazus, as we are told, who first plucked up courage to tell the king that he ought not to shun a battle, nor to retire from Media and Babylon, as well as Susa, and hide himself in Persia, when he had a force many times as numerous as that of the enemy, and countless satraps and generals who surpassed Cyrus in wisdom and military skill.
Anabasis
The major engagement between Cyrus' forces and the King's army, including the Greek rout of their opponents, Cyrus' fatal charge, and the confused aftermath.
And when the Greeks saw that the enemy were near them and in battle-order, they again struck up the paean and advanced to the attack much more eagerly than before;
When, however, the Greeks learned that the King and his forces were in their baggage train, and the King, on the other hand, heard from Tissaphernes that the Greeks were victorious over the division opposite them and had gone on ahead in pursuit, then the King proceeded to gather his troops together and form them in line of battle, and Clearchus called Proxenus (for he was nearest him in the line) …
the King, however, did not do so, but returned by the same route he had followed before, when he passed outside of Cyru s’ left wing, and in his return picked up not only those who had deserted to the Greeks during the battle, but also Tissaphernes and his troops.