In his "Anabasis" this Greek historian & soldier recounted an attack on Persia in the 5th century B.C.
6:58 PM - 13 Jan... [DOC] [TLE] Xenophon"s Anabasis and the Origin's of Military Autobiography [PAR] ... and his troops toward the Persian capital of Babylon, recounts Cyrus's death at 
the battle of ... Greece at the end of the fifth century BC was an \illSettled, \
illcertain place, its poleis ... already in the early seventh century BC Greek 
soldiers of fortune in Egypt .... history to Socratic dialogues, demanded his 
attention.