Alexander’s shrewdness when choosing the appropriate action to advance short- and long-term goals lies in his ability to take differing positions when necessary. This post looks at a few of his different approaches to battles in Book One of The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander, translation by Pamela Mensch (source for all quotes). Alexander […]
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Part of Alexander’s greatness or shrewdness derived from his ability to choose an action that advanced his short- and long-term goals. The next couple of posts will look at Book I of Arrian’s history and highlight a few of these choices and how they furthered his objectives even though his actions can appear inconstant and […]
Picture sourceOne great thing about the Landmark editions is the support provided within each book: maps, indexes, annotations, appendices help make reading the work more rewarding and enjoyable. Providing an online resource post for a book from the series seems unnecessary but I like to do it anyway. The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook links related […]
Envoys now visited Alexander from all the other autonomous tribes settled near the Danube and from Syrmos, the king of the the Triballoi. Envoys also arrived from the Celts who dwelt on the Ionian Gulf. Men of enormous stature, the Celts had a high opinion of themselves. All the envoys had come desiring Alexander’s friendship, […]
I wanted share the first few discussion questions on Book I for Reading Odyssey, Inc.’s book group on The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian. The page numbers refer to The Landmark Series’ version of the book. If you’re interested in joining the group, see this post for the schedule and a link to the Reading […]
Update: I have attached the schedule for anyone still thinking about joining the reading group–please do! The first call is on Monday. Follow the link in the original post for more details. Conference Call Schedule 2011 Monday, April 11 – Intro. call Monday, May 2 – Book 1 Monday, June 6 – Book 2 Monday, […]
See Forbes “Booked” blog for Part 1 of Oliver Stone’s dialogue with historians Paul Cartledge and James Romm on Alexander the Great. In the introduction there is a link to a collection of academians’ responses to Stone’s film on Alexander. I have compiled all of Forbes’ posts on Alexander in this post. From James Romm […]
Since I don’t have time to do anything else today, here is a series of links to a discussion between two of the historians that assisted with Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander. While not intending to shill for the Landmark Series–they have the capability to do it better than I can–I am a big […]