The Landmark Arrian : the campaigns of Alexander ; Anabasis Alexandrous : a new translation / by Pamela Mensch ; with maps, annotations, appendices, and encyclopedic index ; edited by James Romm ; with an introduction by Paul Cartledge.

Author: Arrian.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Pantheon Books, 2012, c2010.

Descriptionxlix, 503 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-425) and index.

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