In his "Anabasis" this Greek historian & soldier recounted an attack on Persia in the 5th century B.C.
... the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, especially for his account of the final 
years of the ... His Hellenica, which recounts these times, is considered to be the 
... to claim the Persian throne inspired him to write his most famous work, 
Anabasis.