ALEXANDER CHANGES THE DISPOSITION OF HIS FORCES.ġ3.

DARIUS AT ISSUS.-ALEXANDER’S SPEECH TO HIS ARMY.ĩ. ALEXANDER ADVANCES TO MYRIANDRUS.-DARIUS MARCHES AGAINST HIM.ħ. ALEXANDER AT THE TOMB OF SARDANAPALUS.-PROCEEDINGS IN CILICIA.Ħ. CONQUEST OF CAPPADOCIA.-ALEXANDER’S ILLNESS AT TARSUS.ĥ.

THE PERSIANS CAPTURE TENEDUS.-THEY ARE DEFEATED AT SEA.Ĥ. CAPTURE OF MITYLENE BY THE PERSIANS.-DEATH OF MEMNON.Ģ. ALEXANDER IN PAMPHYLIA.-CAPTURE OF ASPENDUS AND SIDE.ġ. DESTRUCTION OF HALICARNASSUS.-ADA, QUEEN OF CARIA.Ģ5. SIEGE OF HALICARNASSUS.-ABORTIVE ATTACK ON MYNDUS.Ģ3. ALEXANDER MARCHES TO MILETUS AND OCCUPIES THE ISLAND OF LADE.Ģ0. DEFEAT OF THE PERSIANS-LOSS ON BOTH SIDES.ġ8. DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE OF THE GRANICUS.ġ6. ALEXANDER AT THE TOMB OF ACHILLES-MEMNON’S ADVICE REJECTED BY THE PERSIAN GENERALS.ġ5. ALEXANDER CROSSES THE HELLESPONT AND VISITS TROY.ġ2. ALEXANDER DESTROYS THE CITY OF THE GETAE-THE AMBASSADORS OF THE CELTS.ġ1. ALEXANDER AT THE DANUBE AND IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GETAE.Ĥ. DEATH OF PHILIP & ACCESSION OF ALEXANDER-HIS WARS WITH THE THRACIANS.ģ. 1737 (oil on canvas), by Cornelis Troost (1697-1750) / Bridgeman Images.ġ. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.Ĭover Image: a detail of Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Granicus River in 334 BC against the Persians, c. Read moreĬover.jpg THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER By ARRIAN Translated by EDWARD J. Divided into seven books, Arrian’s work is the most complete historical account of Alexander’s adult life and his unparalleled military victories over one of the world’s greatest empires. “Anabasis” translates as “a journey up-country from the sea” and the text focuses mainly on Alexander’s military conquest of the Persian Empire between 336 and 323 BC. He took information from the contemporary works of Callisthenes, Onesicritus, Nearchus, Aristobulus, and most significantly from the biography of Alexander by Ptolemy, one of Alexander’s generals and possibly his half-brother. Written in the 2nd century, likely during the reign of Hadrian and nearly 400 years after the death of Alexander, Arrian had access to many important historical works which are now lost. As a youth, he studied under Epictetus, and later strove in his literary works to emulate the great soldier-historian, Xenophon. Arrian of Nicomedia was a Roman historian, public figure, military commander, and well-acclaimed philosopher of the 2nd century. Considered by many to be the most important work on Alexander the Great, Arrian’s “The Campaigns of Alexander” or “The Anabasis of Alexander” is an accurate and thorough account of the Macedonian conqueror’s military exploits.

The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian