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Greek mercenaries (the Ten Thousand)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Greek_mercenaries_(the_Ten_Thousand)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
mercenary army
gptkbp:activeDuring
401 BC
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:The_Ten_Thousand
gptkbp:category
Military history of Greece
401 BC in Greece
Ancient Greek mercenaries
gptkbp:composition
hoplites
peltasts
gptkbp:documentedIn
gptkb:Anabasis
gptkb:Xenophon
gptkbp:foughtIn
gptkb:Battle_of_Cunaxa
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Younger
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Greek mercenaries (the Ten Thousand)
gptkbp:influenced
later Greek military campaigns in Persia
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Xenophon
gptkb:Socrates_(not_the_philosopher)
gptkb:Menon
gptkb:Cheirisophus
gptkb:Clearchus
gptkb:Proxenus
gptkbp:legacy
inspired Alexander the Great's invasion of Persia
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:March_of_the_Ten_Thousand
gptkbp:notableFor
retreat from Persia
gptkbp:notableQuote
Thalatta! Thalatta! (The sea! The sea!)
gptkbp:numberOfTroops
approximately 10,000
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Artaxerxes_II
gptkbp:origin
Ancient Greece
gptkbp:participatedIn
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Younger's_campaign_against_Artaxerxes_II
gptkbp:returnedTo
gptkb:Byzantium
gptkbp:route
from Cunaxa to the Black Sea
gptkbp:survived
about 6,000
gptkbp:tactics
phalanx formation
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Younger
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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