He was very quick to see what needed to be done in situations that were still uncertain, and he was very successful in judging what was likely to happen from the facts available to him. He showed great self-control over the pleasures of the body, and as for the pleasures of the mind, he was insatiable only for praise. He was a very handsome man, most capable of hard work, very keen in judgement he was outstanding in bravery, and his love of honour and in his capacity for risk, and he was most attentive to religious matters.
He was king of Macedonia for twelve years and eight months. By Aristobulus’ reckoning, he was thirty-two years eight months old. (you may be interested to compare Arrian'sīelow with those of Curtius and/or Diodorus )Īlexander died in the hundred and fourteenth Olympiad, when Hegesias was archon in Athens. Mouse-over the emboldened words to read theīlue and underlined, there is also a hyperlink to If you enjoyed The Campaigns of Alexander, you might like Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, also available in Penguin Classics.This is your set-text on Arrian's judgement of In 145 he rose to become a chief magistrate of Athens and thereby part of the governing body of the city.
He was governor to the Emperor Hadrian, the author of a number of works of non-fiction and an Athenian citizen. 86) are uncertain, though the shape of it indicates a man of wide and varied talents. This edition also contains appendices, maps, a list for further reading and a detailed index. Hamilton's introduction, which discusses Arrian's life and times, his synthesis of other classical sources and the composition of Alexander's army. While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully-rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power and was worshipped as a god in his own lifetime Aubrey de Selincourt's vivid translation is accompanied by J.R. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his total defeat of Persia and his campaigns through Egypt, India and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. The most important historical source on one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world, Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander illustrates how Alexander the Great came to rule over a vast empire of his own making, translated from the Greej by Aubrey de Selincourt, and revised with an introduction and notes by J.R.
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