Anabasis
The real story
Anabasis is a true story. Xenophon marched with the army and later wrote it all down.
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401 BCA prince hires Greeks
Cyrus the Younger hired a large army of Greek soldiers to help him take the Persian throne from his brother, Artaxerxes II.
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401 BCAsk the oracle
Xenophon asked his teacher Socrates whether to go. Socrates sent him to ask the oracle at Delphi.
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401 BCCunaxa
Near Babylon the Greeks won their part of the battle, but Cyrus was killed and the whole plan failed.
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401 BCLeaders lost
The Persians seized and killed the Greek generals. Xenophon was one of the new leaders chosen to take their place.
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400 BCThe sea!
After months in the mountains, the soldiers reached the Black Sea near Trapezus, today's Trabzon.
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399 BCHome of a sort
After fighting for a Thracian prince, the army joined a Spartan campaign in Asia.
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Image credits
- Xenophon, Unknown authorUnknown author. Scan by User:Gabor, Public domain
- Adrien Guignet - Retreat of the ten thousand, Adrien Guignet, Public domain
- Calm Black Sea harbour town at twilight, Illustration by VoxRead, AI-generated for VoxRead
- Bronze helmet, shield, sword, wax tablet and oil lamp, Illustration by VoxRead, AI-generated for VoxRead
- Generals in council around a fire by the Tigris, Illustration by VoxRead, AI-generated for VoxRead
- Soldiers on a ridge see the Black Sea at sunrise ("The sea! The sea!"), Illustration by VoxRead, AI-generated for VoxRead