Anabasis

Anabasis (from Greek ana = "upward", bainein = "go") is an expedition from a coastline up into the interior of a country.

Anabasis (The Persian Expedition) is the most famous work, in seven books, of the Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. T.E. Lawrence was said to have read Anabasis during the 1916 Arab Revolt and that it influenced both his leadership during that time and his writing of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Besides military history, the Anabasis has found use as a tool for the teaching of classical philosophy; the principles of leadership and government exhibited by the army can be seen as exemplifying Socratic philosophy.