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Band on the Run: Xenophon and the First Great Mercenary Army's Epic Escape from Persia

By Robert L. O'Connell
Unabridged — 6 hours, 3 minutes
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The history of one of the ancient world’s most famous survival quests comes vividly to life, revealing lessons about mercenary armies that still resonate today.

For fans of 300, a riveting retelling of The March of the Ten Thousand, when Greek mercenary Xenophon led a stranded band of soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians.

400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires a mercenary army of ten-thousand Greek soldiers to oust his brother from the throne. When Cyrus dies in battle during the army's trek through the middle east, the army is stranded deep in enemy territory.

Led by Xenophon, a young Athenian philosopher turned solider, t...