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    Arrian of Nicomedia (/ˈæriən/; Greek: Ἀρριανός Arrianos; Latin: Lucius Flavius Arrianus; c. 86/89 – c. after 146/160 AD) was a Greek historian, public...
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    short military history about interior Asia, particularly India, written by Arrian in the 2nd century CE. The subject of the book is the expedition of Alexander...
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    his cart, a sign to him from the gods. Arrian and Plutarch are secondary sources; Aristobolus' text is lost. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri (Αλεξάνδρου Ανάβασις)...
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    February 2019. Arrian 1976, I, 11 Arrian 1976, I, 20–23 Arrian 1976, I, 23 Arrian 1976, I, 27–28 Arrian 1976, I, 3 Green 2007, p. 351 Arrian 1976, I, 11–12...
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    Ἀνάβασις, Alexándrou Anábasis; Latin: Anabasis Alexandri) was composed by Arrian of Nicomedia in the second century AD, most probably during the reign of...
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    Arrian, Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus. Arrian's account is the longest and most detailed, Plutarch's account is shorter but corresponds with Arrian's...
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    22.54 Curtius 8.14.15 Arrian 6.2.4 Arrian, Indica 18 Arrian 6.5.6 Arrian 6.17.4 Arrian 6.18.1 and 6.20.1 Arrian 6.22.37 Arrian 7.5.6 Photius 92 Diogenes...
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    World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 October 2019. Arrian. Arrian, Book V, Chapter XIV. Arrian, Book V, Chapter XV. Bose, Partha (1 April 2004). Alexander...
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    paraphrase or précis in Arrian's work. Arrian cites Ptolemy by name on only a few occasions, but it is likely that large stretches of Arrian's Anabasis reflect...
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    Curtius and Arrian write that an embassy was sent instead of a letter, which is also claimed by Justin and Plutarch (1st century). Plutarch and Arrian mention...
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