Jeffrey Rop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. His research focuses on the military and political history of Classical Greece and Achaemenid Persia and has appeared in several international journals.

'This is an essential read for anyone interested in the ancient west, not only throwing light on the military practice of the times, but also gives us some insights in the uses and abuses of history.' Albert Nofi, The NYMAS Review

• 1. The Greek thesis; 2. The Battle of Cunaxa; 3. Greece and the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger; 4. Greeks in Persia and Egypt, ca. 400–360; 5. The revolt of Artabazus; 6. The Persian Conquest of Egypt; 7. The Greco-Persian defense of Western Anatolia; 8. The fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire; Conclusion: the other Persian wars.

Jeffrey Rop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. His research focuses on the military and political history of Classical Greece and Achaemenid Persia and has appeared in several international journals.

'This is an essential read for anyone interested in the ancient west, not only throwing light on the military practice of the times, but also gives us some insights in the uses and abuses of history.' Albert Nofi, The NYMAS Review

• 1. The Greek thesis; 2. The Battle of Cunaxa; 3. Greece and the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger; 4. Greeks in Persia and Egypt, ca. 400–360; 5. The revolt of Artabazus; 6. The Persian Conquest of Egypt; 7. The Greco-Persian defense of Western Anatolia; 8. The fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire; Conclusion: the other Persian wars.

Jeffrey Rop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. His research focuses on the military and political history of Classical Greece and Achaemenid Persia and has appeared in several international journals.

'This is an essential read for anyone interested in the ancient west, not only throwing light on the military practice of the times, but also gives us some insights in the uses and abuses of history.' Albert Nofi, The NYMAS Review

• 1. The Greek thesis; 2. The Battle of Cunaxa; 3. Greece and the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger; 4. Greeks in Persia and Egypt, ca. 400–360; 5. The revolt of Artabazus; 6. The Persian Conquest of Egypt; 7. The Greco-Persian defense of Western Anatolia; 8. The fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire; Conclusion: the other Persian wars.