The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander

The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander

The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander

The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander

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Overview

Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series.
 
After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander the Great controlled a vast empire that was bordered by the Adriatic sea to the west and modern-day India to the east. Arrian, himself a military commander, combines his firsthand experience of battle with material from Ptolemy’s memoirs and other ancient sources to compose a singular portrait of Alexander. This vivid and engaging new translation of Arrian will fascinate readers who are interested in classical studies, the history of warfare, and the origins of East­–West tensions still swirling in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan today. Enriched by the series’ trademark comprehensive maps, illustrations, and annotations, and with contributions from the preeminent classical scholars of today, The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander is the definitive edition of this essential work of ancient history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781400079674
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/17/2012
Series: Landmark Series
Pages: 560
Sales rank: 183,607
Product dimensions: 7.36(w) x 9.18(h) x 1.42(d)

About the Author

James Romm is James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His books include The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought and the forthcoming Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire.
 
Robert B. Strassler is an unaffiliated scholar who holds an honorary Doctorate of Humanities and Letters from Bard College and is chairman of the Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Paul Cartledge
Editor’s Preface by James Romm
Series Editor’s Preface by Robert B. Strassler
Acknowledgments
Chronological Outline of Events in the Anabasis Alexandrou
Key to Maps
 
BOOK ONE: The Campaigns in Europe and Western Asia (I)
BOOK TWO: The Campaigns in Western Asia (II) and Phoenicia
BOOK THREE: The Egyptian Sojourn and the Campaign Against Darius
BOOK FOUR: The Campaign in Bactria and Sogdiana
BOOK FIVE: The Indian Campaign (I)
BOOK SIX: The Indian Campaign (II) and the Return from the East
BOOK SEVEN: The Return to Babylon
 
Epilogue The Breakup and Decline of Alexander’s Empire, James Romm, Bard College
 
Appendix A Arrian’s Sources and Reliability, Elizabeth Baynham, University of Newcastle
 
Appendix B Greek and Macedonian Ethnicity, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
 
Appendix C Alexander the Man (and God?), Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
 
Appendix D Alexander’s Army and Military Leadership, James Romm, Bard College
 
Appendix E Alexander’s Inner Circle, Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary, James Romm, Bard College
 
Appendix F Money and Finance in the Campaigns of Alexander, Frank L. Holt, University of Houston
 
Appendix G The Persian Empire and Alexander, Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
 
Appendix H Alexander at Persepolis, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
 
Appendix I Alexander in Central Asia, Frank L. Holt, University of Houston
 
Appendix J The Indian Campaign, Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
 
Appendix K Alexander’s Policy of Perso-Macedonian Fusion, James Romm, Bard College
 
Appendix L The Alexander Romance, Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
 
Appendix M Alexander and the Greeks, James Romm, Bard College
 
Appendix N Alexander’s Geographic Notions, James Romm, Bard College
 
Appendix O Alexander’s Death: A Medical Analysis, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
 
Appendix P Alexander’s Death: The Poisoning Rumors, A. B. Bosworth, Macquarie University
 
Appendix Q The Royal Macedonian Tombs at Aigeai, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
 
Appendix R Arrian’s Life and Works, James Romm, Bard College
 
Ancient Sources
Bibliography for the General Reader
Figure Credits
Index
Reference Maps and Directory, including the Route of Alexander’s Campaigns
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