Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Extracts taken from:

The Anabasis by Xenophon - translated and edited by the legendary Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - please please check out his fantastic work: @drraoulmclaughlin7423

Image Editing by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext
Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza
Art by Alex Stoica

Image Credits from carvings and ancient art:

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artaxerxes_II_relief_detail.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_Tomb_of_Artaxerxes_II_Mnemon_(r.404-358_BCE)_Upper_Relief.jpg
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naghsh-e_rostam,_Ir%C3%A1n,_2016-09-24,_DD_12.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Artaxerxes_II,_Persepolis,_Iran_%285072587766%29.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_an_anonymous_Satrap_IONIA,_Phokaia._Circa_478-387_BC.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Greece_Stone_Statue_of_Hoplite_Warrior_(28122020163).jpg
flickr.com/photos/carolemage/15307350275
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Classical_calyx-krater_ARV_extra_-_Persian_archer_-_Greek_soldier_fighting_Persian_archer_(01).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-figure_Column_Krater,_Chariot_scene,_late_6th_c_BC,_CAM_472,_154267.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manner_of_the_Bull_Painter_ARV_1351_extra_-_sphinx_-_Greek_hoplite_fighting_three_Persians.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niobid_Painter_ARV_603_34_Triptolemos_with_Demeter_Persephone_Hermes_and_Keleos_-_Zeus_and_gods_04.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_classical_Attic_red_figure_lekythos_-_ARV_extra_-_warrior_leaving_home_-_Athens_NAM_1295_-_02.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_Persepolis_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF_21.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:130427-BritishMuseum-Perikles.jpg
flickr.com/photos/adavey/4688842565
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_stairs_of_the_Apadana_relief02.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frieze_of_Archers_AOD_488,_Louvre_2008.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_The_Persian_Soldiers.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoplite_fight_MAR_Palermo_NI1850.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parthenon_frieze_panel_with_two_riders_(cast),_Athens,_445-438_BC,_G_1497_-_Martin_von_Wagner_Museum_-_W%C3%BCrzburg,_Germany_-_DSC05826.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Persian_warriors_from_Berlin_Museum.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relief_of_Thracian_warriors,_reign_of_Darius_I,_6th-5th_century_BCE._from_Persepolis,_Iran,_Pergamon_Museum.jpg
simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punt4.JPG
simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punt4.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terracotta_amphora_(jar)_MET_DP273723_white-balanced_white-bg.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swing_Painter_-_ABV_306_43_-_bodyguards_-_fight_-_Athens_NM_15111_-_01.jpg