The Battle of Cunaxa, 401 B.C. Quotes

“Leadership is tested not in victory, but in the moment when survival depends on discipline and courage.”
― Antonios Athenaeus, The Battle of Cunaxa, 401 B.C.

“Discipline and unity can achieve what numbers and wealth cannot. The Ten Thousand stood unbroken, not because they were many — but because they were one.”

— from The Battle of Cunaxa (401 B.C.) – Xenophon and the Ten Thousand”
― Antonios Athenaeus, The Battle of Cunaxa, 401 B.C.

“At Cunaxa, the Greek phalanx proved invincible in battle, yet the death of Cyrus decided the war.”
― ANTONIOS ATHENAEUS, The Battle of Cunaxa, 401 B.C.