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Biography

Name: Arrian
Birth Date: c. 89 A.D.
Death Date: c. 155
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male

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Biography of Arrian
4,182 words, approx. 14 pages
Arrian (Flavius Arrianus), widely known as the most readable and reliable of the extant historians of Alexander the Great and as preserver of the teaching of the philosopher Epictetus, was active in the first half of the second century A.D. His life is...


Quotations
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Arrian Quotes
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Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon' (c. 92 - c. 175 ), known in English as Arrian was a Greek historian and philosopher. Sourced He also buried the Persian commanders and the Greek mercenaries who were killed fighting on the side of the enemy. But as...


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Arrian Information
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Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon' (ca. 86 - after 146), known in English as Arrian, and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Greek historian, a public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the Roman period. As with other authors of the Second...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Philip A. Stadter
16,624 words, approx. 55 pages
In the essay below, Stadter surveys several of Arrian's no-longer-extant historical works, maintaining that these compositions demonstrate his wide range of interests and reveal him as a writer virtually unrivalled among his contemporaries.
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Critical Essay by Ronald Syme
11,892 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Syme offers an account of Arrian's career as a public official, analyzing the order in which Arrian possibly composed his writings and commenting on Arrian's literary and intellectual development.
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Critical Essay by A. M. Devine
10,584 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Devine examines Arrian's treatise on the military tactics of the Roman army, Tactica, discussing the content, originality, and textual history of the work.
 


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