Battle of Cunaxa

When

401 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.33° N, 44.08° E

Description

battle

401 BC battle between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II

The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in the late summer of 401 BC between the Persian king Artaxerxes II and his brother Cyrus the Younger for control of the Achaemenid throne. The great battle of the revolt of Cyrus took place 70 km north of Babylon, at Cunaxa, on the left bank of the Euphrates. The main source is Xenophon, a Greek soldier who participated in the fighting.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cyrus the Younger uses a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext for gathering a large army and also pretends to prepare an expedition to…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ahameniş İmparatorluğu taht mücadelesi sırasında Cunaxa Savaşı gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение при Кунаксе (севернее Вавилона) между армиями Кира и Артаксеркса”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Cunaxa entre el pretendiente Ciro el Joven y Artajerjes II de Persia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “小キュロスは、イオニアの諸都市をめぐるティッサペルネスとの諍いを口実に軍勢を集め、トロス山脈中のピシディアへの遠征を準備しているという偽装をした。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page