I'm thinking of Harold Coyle's appropriately named The Ten Thousand (http://www.amazon.com/The-TEN-THOUSAND-Harold-Coyle/dp/06718...), just in case we wondered what inspired it ^_^.

The Anabasis has inspired more than a few: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon)#Cultural_in..., and if you're read it the words "the sea, the sea!" never fail to inspire.