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Publication date 1971 topics alexander, the great, 356323 b. The wars of alexander the great were fought by king alexander iii of macedon the great, first against the achaemenid persian empire under darius iii, and then against local chieftains and warlords as far east as punjab, india. During twelve years of continuous campaigns, alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the adriatic to the edge of modern india. The original work was produced 400 years after alexanders death with a detail of the campaigns of alexander. Campaigns of alexander has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Although written over four hundred years after alexanders death, arrians account of the man and his achievements is th. He was born in 1896 and educated at rugby, and university college, oxford. A portrait of a man of boundless ambition, arrian succeeds in painting a fullyrounded portrait of a military genius worshipped as a god in his own lifetime. Arrian, the campaigns of alexander, book five arrians anabasis also known as the campaigns of alexander is an intellectual descendent of herodotus, xenophon and thucydides. Although written over four hundred years after alexanders death, arrians account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. The project gutenberg ebook of anabasis of alexander, by. Pdf the campaigns of alexander download full pdf book. A newly annotated edition of the campaigns of alexander, by the secondcentury greek historian arrian. He is a recognized historical authority on the life and times of alexander the great july 20, 356june 10, 323 bc.
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