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The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander: Anabasis Alexandrou Hardcover - 2010

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Author: Romm, James
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by Flavius Arrianus; James Romm (Editor); Pamela Mensch (Translator)

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"The Landmark Arrian" is an important new edition of "The Campaigns of Alexander," the most authoritative ancient account of one of the world's most brilliant military leaders.
During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the edge of modern India. Arrian's history of those conquests, the most reliable and detailed account to emerge from the ancient world, is a work that will fascinate readers interested in classical studies, the history of warfare, and the origins of East-West tensions that still simmer today in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. Drawing on Ptolemy's memoirs and other sources that have not survived antiquity, Arrian's portrait of Alexander is unmatched for its accuracy and immediacy. Having served as a high Roman official with command of an army, Arrian had a unique perspective on Alexander, imbued with a level of understanding that only firsthand military experience can provide. In the richly illustrated and annotated style of the Landmark series, "The Campaigns of Alexander," which features an engaging and eloquent new translation by Pamela Mensch, brings together some of the preeminent classics scholars at work today to create what is certain to be the definitive edition of this essential work of history.

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Title The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander: Anabasis Alexandrou
Author Flavius Arrianus; James Romm (Editor); Pamela Mensch (Translator)
Binding Hardcover
Edition 1st Edition
Pages 503
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Pantheon Books, New York
Date 2010-11-02
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9780375423468 / 037542346X
Weight 2.43 lbs (1.10 kg)
Dimensions 9.5 x 7.61 x 1.64 in (24.13 x 19.33 x 4.17 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Alexander, Greece - History - Macedonian Expansion,
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010029650
Dewey Decimal Code 938.07

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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.