Battle of Cunaxa

Target entity: Battle of Cunaxa
Context triple: [Anabasis, notableEpisode, Battle of Cunaxa]

• A. Battle of Carchemish
  The Battle of Carchemish was a decisive 605 BC clash in which the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the Egyptians and remnants of the Assyrian army, marking the end of Assyrian power and the rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• B. Battle of Opis
  The Battle of Opis was a decisive 539 BC engagement in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Neo-Babylonian army, leading to the fall of Babylon and the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire.
• C. Battle of Gaugamela
  The Battle of Gaugamela was a decisive 331 BC clash in which Alexander the Great defeated Persian king Darius III, effectively leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire and securing Macedonian dominance in the Near East.
• D. Battle of Bapheus
  The Battle of Bapheus was a pivotal 1302 victory of the early Ottoman forces over the Byzantine Empire that helped establish Osman I’s power and marked a key step in the rise of the Ottoman state.
• E. Battle of Naulochus
  The Battle of Naulochus was a decisive 36 BC naval clash off the coast of Sicily in which Octavian’s admiral Agrippa destroyed Sextus Pompey’s fleet, securing control of the western Mediterranean during the Roman civil wars.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Battle of Cunaxa
Target entity description: The Battle of Cunaxa was a 401 BC clash near Babylon in which Cyrus the Younger, supported by the Greek mercenaries later chronicled in Xenophon’s *Anabasis*, unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Persian throne from his brother Artaxerxes II.

• A. Battle of Carchemish
  The Battle of Carchemish was a decisive 605 BC clash in which the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the Egyptians and remnants of the Assyrian army, marking the end of Assyrian power and the rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• B. Battle of Opis
  The Battle of Opis was a decisive 539 BC engagement in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Neo-Babylonian army, leading to the fall of Babylon and the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire.
• C. Battle of Gaugamela
  The Battle of Gaugamela was a decisive 331 BC clash in which Alexander the Great defeated Persian king Darius III, effectively leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire and securing Macedonian dominance in the Near East.
• D. Battle of Bapheus
  The Battle of Bapheus was a pivotal 1302 victory of the early Ottoman forces over the Byzantine Empire that helped establish Osman I’s power and marked a key step in the rise of the Ottoman state.
• E. Battle of Naulochus
  The Battle of Naulochus was a decisive 36 BC naval clash off the coast of Sicily in which Octavian’s admiral Agrippa destroyed Sextus Pompey’s fleet, securing control of the western Mediterranean during the Roman civil wars.
• F. None of above. chosen