Regional401 BCE

Battle of Cunaxa

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Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Cunaxa (401 BCE), part of the Persian Civil War. Atarxerxes defeated Cyrus.

Belligerents2

Atarxerxes
Cyrus

Conflict graph

PART OFRevolt of Cyrus the Younger

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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