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Arrian

c. 86–c. 160 CE · Greek historian and pupil of Epictetus; author of the Anabasis of Alexander

About Arrian

Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86–c. 160 CE) was a Greek historian and philosopher from Bithynia who studied under Epictetus, held Roman offices including the consulship, and governed Cappadocia. His Anabasis of Alexander, based chiefly on the lost histories of Ptolemy and Aristobulus, is the fullest surviving narrative of Alexander's campaigns.

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The Campaigns of Alexander

Arrian

c. 140 CE · Ancient · History

The Campaigns of Alexander, also called the Anabasis of Alexander, is Arrian of Nicomedia's seven-book history of Alexander the Great from the assassination of Philip II in 336 BCE to Alexander's death in Babylon in 323. Written in Greek in the second century CE by a Bithynian who studied under Epictetus and held Roman office, it is the fullest surviving narrative of the conquest of the Persian Empire.

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