Description
Product ID: | 9780140442533 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Campaigns of Alexander |
Authors: | Author: Arrian, Aubrey De Selincourt |
Page Count: | 432 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greece |
Description: | Discusses 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. This title presents an objective portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power. The most important historical source on one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world, Arrian''s The Campaigns of Alexander illustrates how Alexander the Great came to rule over a vast empire of his own making, translated from the Greej by Aubrey de Sélincourt, and revised with an introduction and notes by J.R. Hamilton in Penguin Classics. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1976-07-29 |