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Band on the Run: Xenophon and the First Great Mercenary Army's Epic Escape from Persia
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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.
A riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquity—when Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the “Ten Thousand” mercenary soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians.
400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires an army of Greek soldiers to oust his brother from the Persian throne. But 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...
400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires an army of Greek soldiers to oust his brother from the Persian throne. But 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...
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