The Campaigns of Alexander
Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's 'Campaigns of Alexander' is our best source of knowledge of the man and his deeds. Arrain had himself been a military commander, and his record of the exploits of the world's greatest conqueror reveals sympathy for his...
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Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's 'Campaigns of Alexander' is our best source of knowledge of the man and his deeds. Arrain had himself been a military commander, and his record of the exploits of the world's greatest conqueror reveals sympathy for his subject, without the adulation or contempt which so often mar other histories of the time. Arrain's unaffected style of writing, with its matter-of-fact tone, offsets the remarkable career and paradoxical nature of Alexander, giving us a fair, clear report about a man who was worshipped as a god in his own lifetime.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140442533 (0140442537)
ASIN: 140442537
Publish date: October 28th 1976
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 430
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Humanities,
Literature,
Cultural,
War,
Military,
Greece,
Military History,
Classical Studies
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...
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