Expedition of the Ten Thousand

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical military campaign
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Anabasis
gptkbp:chronicledBy gptkb:Xenophon
gptkbp:date 401 BC
gptkbp:documentedIn Anabasis (book)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Expedition of the Ten Thousand
gptkbp:influenced later Greek and Roman military thought
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Cyrus_the_Younger
gptkbp:location gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Cunaxa
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Xenophon
gptkbp:numberOfTroops approximately 10,000
gptkbp:participants Greek mercenaries
gptkbp:purpose to help Cyrus the Younger seize the Persian throne
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:March_of_the_Ten_Thousand
gptkbp:result Cyrus killed at Battle of Cunaxa
Greek mercenaries retreat to Black Sea
gptkbp:route from Sardis to Cunaxa to Black Sea
gptkbp:significance demonstrated vulnerability of Persian Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Proxenus_of_Boeotia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7