Editing Battle of Cunaxa (section)

==Battle==
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File:Persepolis Tomb of Artaxerxes II Mnemon (r.404-358 BCE) Upper Relief soldiers with labels.jpg|upright=1.8|Army of Artaxerxes II, as depicted on his tomb at [[Persepolis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Briant |first1=Pierre |title=Darius in the Shadow of Alexander |date=2015 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674493094 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j02xBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |language=en}}</ref>
File:Battle_of_Cunaxapng_Stage_1.png|First phase of battle<ref name="front"/>
File:Battle_of_Cunaxapng_Stage_2.png|Second phase of battle<ref name="front"/>
Battle of Cunaxa.jpg|19th Century English School depiction of the Battle of Cunaxa
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The Greeks, deployed on Cyrus's right and outnumbered, charged the left flank of Artaxerxes' army, which broke ranks and fled before they came within arrowshot. However, on the Persian right the fight between Artaxerxes' army and Cyrus was far more difficult and protracted. Cyrus personally charged his brother's bodyguard and was killed by a [[javelin]], which sent the rebels into retreat. (The man who threw the javelin was known as Mithridates; he would later be executed by [[scaphism]] because while drunk at a celebratory feast, he bragged about the kill, offending Artaxerxes, who had initially been grateful and richly rewarded him).  Only the Greek mercenaries, who had not heard of Cyrus's death and were heavily armed, stood firm. Clearchus advanced against the much larger right wing of Artaxerxes' army and sent it into retreat. Meanwhile, Artaxerxes' troops took the Greek encampment and destroyed their food supplies.