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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.
Cunaxa [kjuːˈnæksə]
n
(Placename) the site near the lower Euphrates where Artaxerxes II defeated Cyrus the Younger in 401 bc
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Noun1.Cunaxa - battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throneCunaxa - battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
battle of Cunaxa
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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Though Cyrus's mixed army fought to a tactical victory at Cunaxa in Babylon (401 BC), Cyrus himself was killed in the battle, rendering the actions of the Greeks irrelevant.
The Anabasis by Soma Digest (Suleimanieh, Iraq)
9) Following the battle of Cunaxa, where Cyrus was killed by the forces of his older brother Antaxerxes II, the real journey of the Greeks began, as their worst fears were realized with the death of their sponsor.
Generating opportunity from uncertainty by King, David R. / Air Force Journal of Logistics
Cunaxa soon proved why these clumsy, heavily-armed, and querulous Greek foot soldiers were worth bringing along on a 1,500 mile trek from the Aegean.
Thalatta! Thalatta! by Hanson, Victor Davis / New Criterion
 
 
 
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