The Campaigns of Alexander - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Campaigns of Alexander write by Arrian. This book was released on 2003-07-31. The Campaigns of Alexander available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges as a charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power.
The Landmark Arrian
The Landmark Arrian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Landmark Arrian write by Arrian. This book was released on 2012-01-17. The Landmark Arrian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series. After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander the Great controlled a vast empire that was bordered by the Adriatic sea to the west and modern-day India to the east. Arrian, himself a military commander, combines his firsthand experience of battle with material from Ptolemy’s memoirs and other ancient sources to compose a singular portrait of Alexander. This vivid and engaging new translation of Arrian will fascinate readers who are interested in classical studies, the history of warfare, and the origins of East–West tensions still swirling in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan today. Enriched by the series’ trademark comprehensive maps, illustrations, and annotations, and with contributions from the preeminent classical scholars of today, The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander is the definitive edition of this essential work of ancient history.
The Makers of Rome
The Makers of Rome - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Makers of Rome write by Plutarch. This book was released on 2004-04-29. The Makers of Rome available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch's Roman Lives, they include prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history, such as soldierly Marcellus, eloquent Cato and cautious Fabius. Here too are vivid portraits of ambitious, hot-tempered Coriolanus; objective, principled Brutus and open-hearted Mark Anthony, who would later be brought to life by Shakespeare. In recounting the lives of these great leaders, Plutarch also explores the problems of statecraft and power and illustrates the Roman people's genius for political compromise, which led to their mastery of the ancient world.
The Age of Alexander
The Age of Alexander - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Age of Alexander write by Plutarch. This book was released on 2012-03-01. The Age of Alexander available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by writers and statesmen since the Renaissance, most notably by Shakespeare. This selection provides intimate glimpses into the lives of these men, depicting, as he put it, 'those actions which illuminate the workings of the soul'. We learn why the mild Artaxerxes forced the killer of his usurping brother to undergo the horrific 'death of two boats'; why the noble Dion repeatedly risked his life for the ungrateful mobs of Syracuse; why Demosthenes delivered a funeral oration for the soldiers he had deserted in battle; and why Alexander, the most enigmatic of tyrants, self-destructed after conquering half the world.
The Life of Alexander the Great
The Life of Alexander the Great - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life of Alexander the Great write by Flavius Arrianus. This book was released on 1970. The Life of Alexander the Great available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
