Arrian was a Greek historian of the Roman Empire writing 400 years after Arrian lived. His work concerns only the reign of Alexander and is primarily a military history. Arrian was writing long after the events, but he appears to have done his research and to be good at distinguishing between reli...
Another phenomenal production by the Landmark series. The book’s ample maps, footnotes and side summaries provide the modern reader invaluable assistance in context and locations. Arrian, who’s name may be familiar as the student of Epictetus who compiled the stoic’s teachings in The Discourses, pr...