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Cunaxa

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Cu·nax·a  (ky-nks)
An ancient town of Babylonia northwest of Babylon. It was the site of a battle (401 b.c.) in which Artaxerxes II of Persia defeated his brother Cyrus the Younger, leading to the Retreat of the Ten Thousand described by Xenophon in his Anabasis.
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Noun1.CunaxaCunaxa - battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea - an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)

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These troops served Cyrus at the disastrous battle of Cunaxa (401 BC).
 
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