The Landmark Arrian : the campaigns of Alexander ; Anabasis Alexandrous : a new translation

Parallelsachtitel: Campaigns of Alexander
1. Verfasser: Arrianus, Flavius, c. 95-c. 175.
Weitere Verfasser: Mensch, Pamela, 1956-
Romm, James S.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Pantheon Books, 2011.
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Umfang/Format: xlix, 503 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Landmark series
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chronological outline of events in the Anabasis Alexandrou
  • book 1. The campaigns in Europe and Western Asia
  • book 2. The campaigns in Western Asia 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
  • book 6. The Indian campaign 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.