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Arrian

86–160

Arrian was a Greek historian and Roman official best known for his account of Alexander the Great.

Arrian served in the Roman imperial administration and wrote several historical and philosophical works. His Anabasis of Alexander is one of the principal surviving narratives of Alexander’s campaigns, drawing on earlier sources such as Ptolemy and Aristobulus.

He belongs in Classical for pages on Alexander, Macedon, Hellenistic warfare and the Greek intellectual world under Rome. His work is especially important where fiction depends on the campaigns and image of Alexander the Great.

Periods and events

Ancient Greece Classical Greece Alexander the Great Wars of Alexander the Great Ancient World Achaemenid Persian Empire

Non Fiction

Non Fiction by Arrian (1 book)

Reference works, biographies and other non-fiction are kept separate from the historical novels above.