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- 01Cyrus recruited roughly 10,400 Greek hoplites — the 'Ten Thousand' — to topple his own brother's throne.
- 02He was killed at Cunaxa in 401 BC, struck by a javelin, reportedly while lunging at Artaxerxes himself.
- 03His Greek mercenaries won their sector of the battle, then had to march home alone through hostile territory.