Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 33.184, 44.702 · 5 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 401 BC | Xenophon, Anabasis (March of the Ten Thousand) | They reach the river Physcus (with a bridge) and the large city of Opis. Cyrus's younger brother, a son of Darius who had led a great army from Susa and Ecbatana, watches the Greek army pass. |
| 324 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | At Opis Alexander declared that he would discharge the old and disabled soldiers, but the Macedonian soldiers took it as an insult and protested. |
| 324 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | Alexander gave a speech recalling how Philip had raised the Macedonians from poor herdsmen to where they now stood. |
| 324 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | Alexander shut himself in the palace for two days, and on the third day summoned the Persians and divided the command of the battalions among them. In the end the Macedonians came asking for reconciliation, and they were reconciled. |
| 324 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | About 10,000 old and disabled Macedonians went home on their own, and Alexander added one talent per man for wages and travel costs. Craterus led them home. |