Anabasis
Sign in to saveAnabasis (Ancient Greek: ἀνάβασις, anábasis, “a going up” or “ascent”) broadly means an ascent or advance. In classical Greek military usage, it especially referred to a march or expedition inland from a coast. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to:
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Anabasis (Ancient Greek: ἀνάβασις, anábasis, “a going up” or “ascent”) broadly means an ascent or advance. In classical Greek military usage, it especially referred to a march or expedition inland from a coast. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to:
==History== Anabasis Alexandri (Anabasis of Alexander), a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great by Greek historian Arrian Anabasis (Xenophon), a history of the expedition of Cyrus the Younger by Greek writer Xenophon Siberian Anabasis, a literary name for the Czechoslovak Legions' transit through Siberia during the Russian Civil War, in reference to the epic of Xenophon
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