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Cyrus's Secret Army
- Cyrus the Younger, brother of Artaxerxes, sought to become king.
- He secretly raised an army by commissioning generals to fight local tribes, concealing his true intentions.
Masking Intentions
- Mask your intentions when amassing resources for ambitious projects.
- Start small and gradually scale up, like Cyrus's initial skirmishes with Tissaphernes.
Clearchus and the Thracians
- Cyrus employed Clearchus, an exiled Spartan commander.
- Clearchus built an army by warring against Thracians, secretly funded by Cyrus.