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63 - Xenophon, Anabasis VI

Cost of Glory

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Xenophon and the Spartas

The largest contingent in the army decide to break away. They say, we're going to go our separate way and find our own fortune without you guys. Chirisyphus is furious, despondent, and he kind of sulks. And that was the end of his sole command,. as Xenophon says, which only lasted six or seven days. The soldiers don't have siege gear. So they just get angry and things get worse.

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