The historian Arrian of Nicomedia is generally regarded as the best extant source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great, as narrated in the ‘Anabasis of Alexander’. For the first time in publishing history, Arrian’s complete works are available for readers in a single collection. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete ex...

The Anabasis of Alexander was composed by Arrian of Nicomedia in the second century AD, most probably during the reign of Hadrian. The Anabasis (which survives complete in seven books) is a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, specifically his conquest of the Persian Empire between 336 and 323 BC.Both the unusual title "Anabasis" (literally "a journey up-country from the sea") and the work's seven-book structure reflect ...

The Anabasis (which survives complete in seven books) is a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, specifically his conquest of the Persian Empire between 334 and 323 BC.

The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Although the content is mostly derived from the Discourses of Epictetus, it is not a summary of the Discourses but rather a compilation of practical precepts. Eschewing metaphysics, Arrian focuses his attention on Epictetus's work applying philosophy to daily life. The book is thus a manual to show the way to achieve mental freedo...

Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror.He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges as a c...

Arrian's history of Alexander the Great is our most complete and reliable account of the world's greatest conqueror. Writing in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD, Arrian was a Greek historian, philosopher, and military commander. For this work, also known as “The Anabasis of Alexander,” he had access to many sources which are now sadly lost. Thankfully for us, he cites them by name, weighs their truthfulness and motives, and records what he believes to be the most probable story o...

According to Wikipedia: "Arrian of Nicomedia (c. AD c. 86 c. 160) was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period. The Anabasis of Alexander is perhaps his best-known work, and is generally considered one of the best sources on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Its title and style are designed to evoke the Anabasis by Xenophon, for which reason Arrian became known by the surname Xenophon after the older author. Arrian's other works include ...

According to Wikipedia: "Arrian of Nicomedia (c. AD c. 86 – c. 160) was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period. The Anabasis of Alexander is perhaps his best-known work, and is generally considered one of the best sources on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Its title and style are designed to evoke the Anabasis by Xenophon, for which reason Arrian became known by the surname Xenophon after the older author. Arrian's other works includ...

This learned work opens as both a translation and a defense of Arrian's Cynegeticus, a classical treatise on hare-coursing and the greyhound written for devoted sportsmen. It gathers Greek and Roman references, practical notes, and historical commentary to trace the noble Celtic hound from antiquity through late Roman writers such as Gratius, Ovid, Martial, Pollux, Oppian, and Nemesian, then forward through the sparse medieval and Renaissance literature that followed. Along the way, it sur...

The Anabasis of Alexander recounts the campaigns of Alexander III of Macedon from his accession and crossing into Asia to his eastern conquests and death, presenting battles, sieges, diplomacy, and acts of rule with disciplined narrative clarity. Modeled consciously on Xenophon's Anabasis, Arrian's work belongs to the Greek historiographical tradition of sober military history, privileging eyewitness-derived sources such as Ptolemy and Aristobulus while shaping Alexander as both strategist...

Arrian's "The Anabasis of Alexander," a seminal historical narrative, chronicles the remarkable military campaigns of Alexander the Great, interweaving detailed accounts of battles, strategies, and the geography of the ancient world. Written in the 2nd century AD, this text is notable for its meticulous style and reliance on primary sources, including the accounts of Alexander's contemporaries, which lends authenticity and depth to Arrian's portrayal of the legendary conqueror. The work st...

Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander is a lucid, classicizing chronicle of the Macedonian's campaigns from the Hellespont to the Hyphasis. In measured, Xenophontic prose, it marries crisp battle narratives—Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela—to analyses of logistics, siegecraft, and provincial settlement, with ethnographic asides and sparing speeches. Rejecting the sensational Cleitarchan stream, Arrian foregrounds Ptolemy and Aristobulus to craft a sober, administratively minded history within the Secon...