The King's Horsemen in the Battle of Cunaxa.
The scholarly debate on the Achaemenid Empire's cavalry pays only a little attention to the Great King's horsemen in the Battle of Cunaxa, fought in 401 BC between the forces of Artaxerxes II (404-359 BC) and his younger brother Cyrus. The same can be said of the discussion on the battle itself—Arta...
| Published in: | Mnemosyne Vol. 76; no. 5; pp. 749 - 769 |
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2023
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