The Landmark Arrian : the campaigns of Alexander = Anabasis Alexandrou / a new translation by Pamela Mensch ; with maps, annotations, appendices, and encyclopedic index ; edited by James Romm ; with an introduction by Paul Cartledge.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Anabasis. English
Main Author: Arrian
Other Authors: Mensch, Pamela, 1956-
Romm, James S.
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Military leadership.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Greece > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Generals > Greece > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xlix, 503 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Anabasis Alexandrou. [Parallel title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chronological outline of events in the Anabasis Alexandrou
  • book 1. The campaigns in Europe and Western Asia (I)
  • book 2. The campaigns in Western Asia (II) and Phoenicia
  • book 3. The Egyptian sojourn and the campaign against Darius
  • book 4. The campaign in Bactria and Sogdiana
  • book 5. The Indian campaign (I)
  • book 6. The Indian campaign (I) and the return from the East
  • book 7. The return to Babylon
  • Epilogue: The breakup and decline of Alexander's empire / James Romm
  • Appendix A: Arrian's sources and reliability / Elizabeth Baynham
  • Appendix B: Greek and Macedonian ethnicity / Eugene N. Borza
  • Appendix C: Alexander the man (and god?) / Richard Stoneman
  • Appendix D: Alexander's army and military leadership / James Romm
  • Appendix E: Alexander's inner circle / Waldemar Heckel, James Romm
  • Appendix F: Money and finance in the campaigns of Alexander / Frank L. Holt
  • Appendix G: The Persian Empire and Alexander / Richard Stoneman
  • Appendix H: Alexander at Persepolis / Eugene N. Borza
  • Appendix I: Alexander in Central Asia / Frank L. Holt
  • Appendix J: The Indian campaign / Richard Stoneman
  • Appendix K: Alexander's policy of Perso-Macedonian fusion / James Romm
  • Appendix L: The Alexander romance / Richard Stoneman
  • Appendix M: Alexander and the Greeks / James Romm
  • Appendix N: Alexander's geographic notions / James Romm
  • Appendix O: Alexander's death : a medical analysis / Eugene N. Borza
  • Appendix P: Alexander's death : the poisoning rumors / A.B. Bosworth
  • Appendix Q: The Royal Macedonian Tombs at Aigeai / Eugene N. Borza
  • Appendix R: Arrian's life and works.