The Ten Thousand In the "Expedition of the Ten Thousand" undertaken by Cyrus to dethrone his brother Artaxerxes, Clearchus led the Peloponnesian contingent of the Ten Thousand, who formed the right wing of Cyrus's army at the Battle of Cunaxa (401 BC). He was instructed to attack the enemy center, but instead moved forward and pushed back the enemy's left wing, leaving Cyrus' flank vulnerable. Cyrus charged the enemy center and was killed in battle. On Cyrus's death Clearchus assumed the overall command of the Ten Thousand and conducted the retreat of the army, aiming to fall back to the Tigris river while parleying with the Persians. He was invited to a banquet by the satrap of Lydia and Ionia and general for Artaxerxes, Tissaphernes, but he and his party were arrested and sent to the royal court at Babylon, where he was executed on the orders of Queen Stateira.
the ten thousand in the "expedition of the ten thousand" undertaken by cyrus to dethrone his brother artaxerxes clearchus led the peloponnesian contingent of the ten thousand who formed the right wing of cyrus's army at the battle of cunaxa (401 bc) he was instructed to attack the enemy center but instead moved forward and pushed back the enemy's left wing leaving cyrus' flank vulnerable cyrus charged the enemy center and was killed in battle on cyrus's death clearchus assumed the overall command of the ten thousand and conducted the retreat of the army aiming to fall back to the tigris river while parleying with the persians he was invited to a banquet by the satrap of lydia and ionia and general for artaxerxes tissaphernes but he and his party were arrested and sent to the royal court at babylon where he was executed on the orders of queen stateira