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HUNTING: A treatise on the art of hunting, based on the corresponding work of Xenophon. Special mention is made of hounds and their training.
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE BLACK SEA: A work of travel literature, travel memoirs of Arrian after his circumnavigation of the Black Sea that he undertook for official reasons at the command of Emperor Hadrian.
TACTICAL ART: A combination of the historical and antiquarian interests of the author with contemporary military practice.
EXPEDITION AGAINST THE ALANI: A description of Arrian's successful campaign, as commander of Cappadocia, against the Germanic tribe of the Alani. An official report to Hadrian regarding the preparation and outcome of the operation.
Flavius Arrianus (95-175 AD) was from Nicomedia in Bithynia. Born into a prominent family, he was honored with priestly offices in his city, later holding high administrative and military positions in the Roman state. As a youth, he attended the teachings of Epictetus, of which he recorded the essential elements. In the mid-2nd century, he went to Athens, where he acquired citizenship and was elected as an archon (147-48 AD). There he completed his development as a writer and emerged as a notable representative of Atticism.
In addition to his work on the philosophy of Epictetus, he wrote military treatises and biographies. However, the most significant part of his creation is the 'Anabasis of Alexander,' the most important source for the campaign of Alexander the Great in Asia, and its supplement, the 'Indica.' Arrian, using sources from earlier historians, combined the elements and compared the information, composing a work characterized by accuracy, sound judgment, and appealing style.
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Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Kaktos
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
- -
- Type
- Academic History
- Theme
- Science of History, History of Asia
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- Hunting: Black Sea Circumnavigation: Art Tactics: Execution against the Alans
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 275
- Release Date
- -
- Publication Date
- 2005
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789603826224
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