1965, Penguin Classics, Middlesex, England. 309 pages, including a Glossary of Names. This is a record of remarkable military skill and initiative and also a story of thr day-to-day life of the ordinary man. 'The Persian Expedition tells of the march into Persia, of their total defeat at the battle of Cunaxa, and the long and arduous return to Greece. Xenophon joined a band of Greek mercenaries into the fray. Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia associated with the area that is now modern Iran. 404-358 BCE) for control of the Achaemenid Empire (c. It was Alexander however who took a Greek force into the field agaist the great Persian Empire. Anabasis (translated as Up Country, The Expedition of Cyrus, The March Up Country, or March of the Ten Thousand) is Xenophon's narrative of the 401 BCE expedition in support of the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger against Cyrus' brother Artaxerxes II (r. Xenophon wants to help Cyrus, the pretender to the Persian throne, over throw his brother and take the Persian throne. Mexikos Präsident Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador kündigte an, man arbeite mit den USA zusammen. C., we find Xenophon living in Athens, an Athenian in a city that was seen as the centre of Greek culture, and had lately been the greatest imperial power in the Mediterranean, but totally defeated in war by Sparta and her allies. Seit Anfang der Woche erfassten US-Behörden demnach mehr als 10.000 illegale Einwanderer pro Tag. Provides an eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help. To set the scene of the Persian Expeditioni in the beginning of the 4th century B. Description for The Persian Expedition Paperback. The Persian armada first reached the island of Naxos and it devastated this island. The expedition carried a large army, many of them were ‘Immortals’ the elite troops of the Persian army. The Persians sent a naval expedition to Greece and the Greek islands. Pages evenly toned-light to moderate- very clean, no markings of any kind. The second phase of the Persian campaign began in 490 BC. Rear cover has light wear around all edges. Multicolor yellow-gold-green wraps clean and unmarked, showing a Persian relief depicting archers from the Palace of Darius I, in the Louvre, Paris.

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