Anabasis - A History of the Land and People

Artaxerxes offered a truce and to let the greeks move a little north. Among them xenophon portrays himself as coming to the fore, though ewas never the sole leader. Xenophon's keen eye discusses animals, plants, sites, local tribesmen and much more. These descriptions are interlinked with continual battles and skirmishes. Adaptability was key, and risk taking was necessary every day.