Sujet

Map of Asia Minor, Expedition of Cyrus the Younger, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand', 1890.

Légende

'Map of Asia Minor, showing the Expedition of Cyrus the Younger, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand', 1890. The Ten Thousand were a mainly Greek mercenary force, employed by Cyrus the Younger to take the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II. They marched to the Battle of Cunaxa and back to Greece (401-399 BC). From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F22_058

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,3Mo (4,3Mo) / 44,8cm x 34,8cm / 5290 x 4115 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gravure Carte voyage le travail vieux âgé arts pays livre métier géographie voyage itinéraire antique Grec La Grèce antiquité militaire endroit retraite siècle profession littérature expédition concept 19e siècle La Grèce Antique Grec Antique dix-neuvième siècle histoire historique The Print Collector ten thousand gravure carte Anonyme Cassells Artaxerxes II Artaxerxès II Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Younger MERCENARIES Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Early and Greek History Cyrus the Younger Cyrus the Arsaces