Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander

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ancient Greek historiography biographical work historical work military history

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander is a major classical historical work that provides one of the most detailed and influential accounts of Alexander the Great’s life and military campaigns.

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Label	Occurrences
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander canonical	13
Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander	5
Anabasis Alexandrou	1
Anabasis of Alexander	1
Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian	1
The Anabasis of Alexander	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek historiography ⓘ biographical work ⓘ historical work ⓘ military history ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ surface form: Campaigns of Alexander Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ surface form: The Anabasis of Alexander
author	Arrian of Nicomedia ⓘ surface form: Arrian
basedOnSource	Aristobulus of Cassandreia’s history of Alexander ⓘ Ptolemy I’s history of Alexander ⓘ
chronologicalScope	Alexander’s campaigns in Asia ⓘ Alexander’s reign ⓘ
composedInCentury	2nd century CE ⓘ
coversEvent	Alexander’s conquest of the Persian Empire ⓘ Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ Battle of Granicus ⓘ Battle of Issus ⓘ Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ surface form: Indian campaign of Alexander the Great mutiny at the Hyphasis River ⓘ return march through the Gedrosian desert ⓘ
culturalContext	Second Sophistic ⓘ
evaluatesSource	Onesicritus ⓘ
focus	character and leadership of Alexander the Great ⓘ military campaigns of Alexander the Great ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ history ⓘ military narrative ⓘ
historicalMethod	critical comparison of sources ⓘ preference for eyewitness accounts ⓘ
includes	ethnographic observations ⓘ geographical descriptions ⓘ speeches attributed to Alexander ⓘ
influenced	Roman and Byzantine historians of Alexander ⓘ later biographies of Alexander the Great ⓘ modern scholarship on Alexander the Great ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	Alexander the Great ⓘ
modeledOn	Anabasis ⓘ surface form: Xenophon’s Anabasis
numberOfBooks	7 ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Roman Empire ⓘ
preservationStatus	survives complete ⓘ
reception	considered one of the most reliable ancient sources on Alexander ⓘ highly valued by modern historians ⓘ
relatedWork	Arrian’s Indica ⓘ
sourceFor	geography of Alexander’s campaigns ⓘ life of Alexander the Great ⓘ military tactics of Alexander the Great ⓘ
structure	narrative arranged in roughly chronological order ⓘ
title	Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anabasis Alexandrou
usesSourceCritically	Callisthenes of Olynthus ⓘ Cleitarchus ⓘ

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Indian campaign → source → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Battle of Granicus → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

this entity surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander

Battle of Issus → primarySource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Arrian of Nicomedia → notableWork → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anabasis of Alexander

Azemilcus of Tyre → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Alexander’s Asian campaign → relatedWork → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian

Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor → describedBySource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Siege of Halicarnassus → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Mallians → describedInSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Hydaspes River → mentionedIn → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander

siege of Aornos → describedIn → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander → title → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anabasis Alexandrou

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander → alternativeTitle → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Anabasis of Alexander

Capture of the family of Darius III after the Battle of Issus → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander

Barsine → sourceMention → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Siege of Persepolis → documentedIn → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Arsites → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Siege of Miletus → describedIn → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Cleitus the Black saved Alexander's life → hasSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander

Battle of the Jhelum → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Parmenion → historicalSource → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ

Bucephalus → appearsIn → Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ