Arrian of Nicomedia
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 256 p. w/ appendices (including chronology of Arrian's life), endnotes, index, maps on endpapers. A study of the works and lifve of historian Falvius Arrianus of Nicomedia, not only a historian but also consul, proconsul, and governor of Cappodocia. His major work on Alexander is considered the most reliable and is discussed, as are his works on India and a book on hunting. His lost works on Bithynia, the successors of Alexander, and the war between Rome and Partha are covered as well. Very good / very good. Item #17585
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