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The Campaigns Of Alexander By Arrian (Paperback, 1976)
The most important historical source on one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander illustrates how Alexander the Great came to rule over a vast empire of his own making translated from the Greej by Aubrey de Selincourt and revised with an introduction and notes by JR Hamilton in Penguin ClassicsAlthough written over four hundred years after Alexander's death Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements 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 total defeat of Persia and his campaigns through Egypt India and Babylon - establishing new cities
and destroying others in his path While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully-rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition who was exposed to the temptations of power and was worshipped as a god in his own lifetimeAubrey de Selincourt's vivid translation is accompanied by JR Hamilton's introduction which discusses Arrian's life and times his synthesis of other classical sources and the composition of Alexander's army This edition also contains appendices maps a list for further reading and a detailed indexThe details of Arrian's life (b 86) are uncertain though the shape of it indicates a man of wide and varied talents He was governor to the Emperor Hadrian the author of a number of
works of non-fiction and an Athenian citizen In 145 he rose to become a chief magistrate of Athens and thereby part of the governing body of the city His date of death is not knownIf you enjoyed The Campaigns of Alexander you might like Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War also available in Penguin Classics
and destroying others in his path While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully-rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition who was exposed to the temptations of power and was worshipped as a god in his own lifetimeAubrey de Selincourt's vivid translation is accompanied by JR Hamilton's introduction which discusses Arrian's life and times his synthesis of other classical sources and the composition of Alexander's army This edition also contains appendices maps a list for further reading and a detailed indexThe details of Arrian's life (b 86) are uncertain though the shape of it indicates a man of wide and varied talents He was governor to the Emperor Hadrian the author of a number of
works of non-fiction and an Athenian citizen In 145 he rose to become a chief magistrate of Athens and thereby part of the governing body of the city His date of death is not knownIf you enjoyed The Campaigns of Alexander you might like Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War also available in Penguin Classics
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