Cunaxa

American  

[kyoo-nak-suh] / kjuˈnæk sə /

noun

1. an ancient town in Babylonia, near the Euphrates: famous battle between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II in 401 b.c.

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Cunaxa British  

/ kjuːˈnæksə /

noun

1. the site near the lower Euphrates where Artaxerxes II defeated Cyrus the Younger in 401 _bc

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Cunaxa

They clashed with the Persian forces at Cunaxa, near ancient Babylon.

From Time Magazine Archive

He led this mixed force into the heart of the Persian dominions, only to fall in battle at Cunaxa, near Babylon.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

Here it was all vivid and real before my eyes, with the scene of the great battle of Cunaxa only a few miles from Museyib.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit

Here ensued, in October 401, the battle of Cunaxa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

After the death of Cyrus on the plains of Cunaxa, the barbarian auxiliaries fled, and the Greeks were left to return as they could from the far region between the Tigris and Euphrates. 

From The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates by Morley, Henry