Книга: Arrian «Anabasis of Alexander&Indica Books I IV L236 V 1 (Trans. Brunt)(Greek)»
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Arrian
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Arrian's life
Arrian was born in the coastal town of
In 135, he repelled an Alan invasion by successfully organizing the legions and auxiliary troops at his disposal, among which legions XII "Fulminata" and XV "Apollinaris". He deployed the legionaries in depth supported by javelin throwers, archers, and horse archers in the rear ranks and defeated the assault of the Alan cavalry using these
Arrian left Cappadocia shortly before the death of his patron Hadrian, in 138, and there is no evidence for any further public appointments until 145/6 when he was elected
Arrian's work
Arrian is an important historian because his work on Alexander is the widest read, and arguably the most complete, account of the Macedonian conqueror. Arrian was able to use sources which are now mostly lost, such as the contemporary works by
Arrian had this to say about his work on Alexander:
"This I claim; and never mind who I am; never mind my name although it is not unknown among men; never mind my country, or my family, or any rank I have held among compatriots. I would rather say: for me, this book of mine is country, kindred and career, and it has been so since my boyhood."Fact|date=December 2007
Arrian's work is to a considerable extent a reworking of Ptolemy, with material from other writers, particularly Aristobulus, brought in where Arrian thought them useful. Ptolemy was a general, and Arrian relied on him most for details of Alexander's battles, on which Ptolemy was certainly well informed. Details of geography and natural history were taken from Aristobulus, although Arrian himself had a wide knowledge of
Today more interest focuses on Alexander as a man and as a political leader, and here Arrian's sources are less clear and his reliability more questionable. Probably it was not possible for Arrian to recover an accurate picture of Alexander's personality 400 years after his death, when most of his sources were partisan in one way or another. Aristobulus, for example, was known as "kolax" (κόλαξ), the flatterer, while other sources were hostile or had political agendas.
Arrian was in any case primarily a military historian, and here he followed his great model (from whom he earned his nickname), the terse and narrowly-focused soldier-historian
Nevertheless, Arrian's work gives a reasonably full account of Alexander's life during the campaign, and in his personal assessment of Alexander he steers a judicious course between flattery and condemnation. He concedes Alexander's emotionality, vanity, and weakness for drink, but acquits him of the grosser crimes some writers accused him of. But he does not discuss Alexander's wider political views or other aspects of his life that the modern reader would like to know more about.
Arrian in his daily life would have spoken the "
The result is a work which was inevitably stilted and artificial, although Arrian handled the strain of writing 500-year-old Greek better than some of his contemporaries. Xenophon was a good model of clear and unpretentious prose, which Arrian was wise to follow. He considered his
Other surviving classical histories of Alexander
* The Roman historian
* The Greek historian
* The Greek historian/biographer
* The Roman historian Justin wrote an epitome of the "Historiae Philippicae" written by
Further reading
*Arrian, "The Campaigns of Alexander", translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt, Penguin Classics, 1958 and numerous subsequent editions.
*Phillips, A.A., and M.M. Willcock, (eds.). "Xenophon & Arrian On Hunting with Hounds". "Cynegeticus". Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 1999. ISBN 0856687065.
*P. A. Stadter, "Arrian of Nicomedia", Chapel Hill, 1980.
*R. Syme, 'The Career of Arrian', "Harvard Studies in Classical Philology" vol.86 (1982), pp.171-211.
*E. L. Wheeler, "Flavius Arrianus: a political and military biography", Duke University, 1977.
External links
* [http://www.livius.org Livius] , [http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/arrian/arrian.html Arrian of Nicomedia] by Jona Lendering
Texts online
*Arrian, [http://websfor.org/alexander/arrian/intro.asp Anabasis Alexandri] , translated by E.J. Chinnock (1893)
*Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, [http://www.soa.org.uk/public/downloads/pdf/A%20Ridge%20Too%20Far.pdf#search=%22%22later%20achaemenid%22%20arsames%22 (section 1.13-16) (pdf, pp. 18-19)] ,
* Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, [http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t54.html (section 4.18.4-19.6)] ,
*Arrian, [http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/library-arrian/events-1.htm Events after Alexander] (from Photius' "Bibliotheca") translated by John Rooke, edited by Tim Spalding
*Arrian, [http://www.und.ac.za/und/classics/india/arrian.htm The Indica] translated by E. Iliff Robson.
*Arrian, [http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_Dorst/Ancient_Warfare/Rome/Sources/ektaxis.html Array against the Alans] translated by Sander van Dorst, with the Greek (transliterated) and copious notes.
* Photius' [http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/arrian/anabasis.html excerpt] of Arrian's "Anabasis", translated by J.S. Freese
* Photius' [http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/arrian/bithynica.html excerpt] of Arrian's "Bithynica", translated by J.S. Freese
* Photius' [http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/arrian/parthica.html excerpt] of Arrian's "Parthica", translated by J.S. Freese
* Photius' [http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/arrian/metalex.html excerpt] of Arrian's "Events after Alexander", translated by J.S. Freese
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