The Anabasis of Alexander

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Arrian was once a Roman historian, public figure, military commander and well-acclaimed philosopher of the 2nd Century. As a youth, he studied under Epictetus, and later strove in his literary works to emulate the great soldier-historian, Xenophon. Thought to be by many to be a very powerful work on Alexander the Great, Arrian’s “The Anabasis of Alexander” is an accurate and thorough account of the Macedonian conqueror’s military exploits. Writing in the 2nd Century, nearly 400 years after the death of Alexander, Arrian had get right of entry to to many important works which at the moment are lost. He took information from the up to date works of Callisthenes, Onesicritus, Nearchus, Aristobulus, and most significantly from the biography of Alexander by Ptolemy, considered one of Alexander’s generals and perhaps his half-brother. The text focuses principally on Alexander’s military history, and includes very little on his wider political opinions or personal life.

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