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Beautiful book w some loss on spine Written by the ancient Greek soldier and historian Xenophon, The Anabasis recounts the legendary 401 BCE military expedition and perilous retreat of the "Ten Thousand" Greek mercenaries. Hired by the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger to help overthrow his brother, King Artaxerxes II, the Greek forces won the Battle of Cunaxa near Babylon, only for Cyrus to be killed in action. Stranded deep within hostile territory after Persian leadership treacherously murdered their commanding generals, the Greek army faced near-certain doom. Xenophon stepped forward to help lead the demoralized survivors on an epic, hard-fought 1,500-mile retreat northward through brutal mountain terrain and hostile lands until they triumphantly reached the safety of the Black Sea.