Xenophon's route through Bybylonia and Assyria
The Anabasis of the Greek historian Xenophon describes the march of a mercenary army in 401–400 b.c. from the Aegean coast down the Euphrates to Babylonia, and back up the Tigris to the Black Sea and the Aegean. This paper presents the evidence for the army's route through Babylonia and Assyria...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2016
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Iraq
Year: 2015, Volume: 77, Pages: 173-202 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The Anabasis of the Greek historian Xenophon describes the march of a mercenary army in 401–400 b.c. from the Aegean coast down the Euphrates to Babylonia, and back up the Tigris to the Black Sea and the Aegean. This paper presents the evidence for the army's route through Babylonia and Assyria, and attempts to resolve the main uncertainties. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-4744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Iraq
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/irq.2015.15 |