00:00Did you know 10,000 soldiers were stranded deep inside enemy territory with no commander,
00:05no map home, and no hope of rescue? In 401 BC, Greek mercenaries watched their Persian employer
00:11die at the Battle of Kunaxa. They were over a thousand miles from home, surrounded by hostile
00:16land. So they did something remarkable. They held an election, chose their own generals. Xenophon,
00:22a young Athenian, rose to lead them. Through brutal mountains, freezing winters, and endless ambushes,
00:28they marched out together. Democracy, the idea Greeks preached but rarely tested, carried 10,000 men home.
