Arrian of Nicomedia (/ˈæriən/; Greek: Ἀρριανός Arrianos; Latin: Lucius Flavius Arrianus; c. 86/89 – c. after 146/160 AD) was a Greek historian, public...

short military history about interior Asia, particularly India, written by Arrian in the 2nd century CE. The subject of the book is the expedition of Alexander...

February 2019. Arrian 1976, I, 11 Arrian 1976, I, 20–23 Arrian 1976, I, 23 Arrian 1976, I, 27–28 Arrian 1976, I, 3 Green 2007, p. 351 Arrian 1976, I, 11–12...

Arrian, Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus. Arrian's account is the longest and most detailed, Plutarch's account is shorter but corresponds with Arrian's...

Ἀνάβασις, Alexándrou Anábasis; Latin: Anabasis Alexandri) was composed by Arrian of Nicomedia in the second century AD, most probably during the reign of...

his cart, a sign to him from the gods. Arrian and Plutarch are secondary sources; Aristobolus' text is lost. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri (Αλεξάνδρου Ανάβασις)...

Curtius and Arrian write that an embassy was sent instead of a letter, which is also claimed by Justin and Plutarch (1st century). Plutarch and Arrian mention...

22.54 Curtius 8.14.15 Arrian 6.2.4 Arrian, Indica 18 Arrian 6.5.6 Arrian 6.17.4 Arrian 6.18.1 and 6.20.1 Arrian 6.22.37 Arrian 7.5.6 Photius 92 Diogenes...

World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 October 2019. Arrian. Arrian, Book V, Chapter XIV. Arrian, Book V, Chapter XV. Bose, Partha (1 April 2004). Alexander...

these works are those by Diodorus Siculus, Strabo (Geographica), Pliny, and Arrian (Indica). Megasthenes' Indica can be reconstructed using the portions preserved...

Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou) is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Although the...

Greek ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator in the court of Chandragupta Maurya. Arrian explains that Megasthenes lived in Arachosia, with the satrap Sibyrtius...

paraphrase or précis in Arrian's work. Arrian cites Ptolemy by name on only a few occasions, but it is likely that large stretches of Arrian's Anabasis reflect...

River and the Persian Gulf. This report is preserved in Arrian's Anabasis (c. 150 AD). Arrian provides a detailed account of Alexander's campaigns, based...

battle appear in the records of all of the five major surviving accounts—Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus, Curtius Rufus, and Justin. All five agree that Alexander...

eventually relented, being convinced that it was better to return. Arrian, John Rooke; Arrian's History of the expedition of Alexander the Great: and conquest...

quarter of 327 BC. Horn & Spencer 2012, p. 40. Arrian 1958, section 4.18.4-19.6. Grote 1856, p. 289, 290. Arrian 1893, Section 21: Capture of the Rock of Chorienes...

Spring B.C. 331. Arrian of Nicomedia 1884, pp. 134–135, XXV. The offers of Darius rejected—Batis, Governor of Gaza, refuses to Submit. Arrian of Nicomedia...

after Alexander (codex 82), which itself seems to be based on Arrian's account; compare Arrian: Cappadocia, Paphlagonia, and the country on the shore of the...

the Periplus attributes the work to Arrian, but apparently for no better reason than its position beside Arrian's much later Periplus of the Euxine Sea...

stretched, dangerously vulnerable, over the Hindu Kush back to Balkh, though Arrian (although disbelieving himself of this story) credits Alexander's desire...

Macedon, as well as some Asian texts. The five main surviving accounts are by Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Quintus Curtius Rufus, and Justin. In addition...

Great, although their neighbors are recorded by historians such as Arrian as client kings. Thucydides, 2.96. Arrian. Anabasis, 1.16.3. v t e v t e v t e...

a draco was carried by each legionary cohort. The Greek military writer Arrian describes the draco in his passage on cavalry training exercises, calling...

city and the loss of his men that he destroyed half the city. According to Arrian, 8,000 Tyrian civilians were massacred after the city fell. Alexander granted...

Retrieved July 14, 2011. Arrian 1893, p. 604. Theodore Dodge 1890, p. 604. Arrian 1893, p. 312. Benjamin Wheeler 1900, p. 459. Arrian 1893, p. 309. Benjamin...

Gulf under orders from Alexander the Great. He was a source for Strabo and Arrian, among others. On the Red Sea by Agatharchides. Fragments preserved in Diodorus...

Rheomithres and Petenes, and faced the Thessalians, which according to Arrian did heavy damage to the Persians. The scarcity of the details regarding...

Stadter, Philip A. (2017). Arrian of Nicomedia. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1364-5. Cf. Arrian, Periplus, Greek text Archived...

/tɪˈrɪdətiːz/ Parthian:𐭕𐭉𐭓𐭉𐭃𐭕 (Tīridāt) is a Persian name, given by Arrian in his Parthica to the brother of Arsaces I, the founder of the Parthian...