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Summary: Amazing Book!
Review: This book is a PRIMARY SOURCE that is great for any student. An ancient work that has great deatails. It is actually interesting to read, even if you just use it for school. If you want more information on this book, feel free to e-mail me at Silvermouse51@aol.com. I will try to respond to your e-mail as soon as possible. Again, buy this book if you're doing a project on Alexander the Great! It's the absolute best you can ever buy!
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Summary: A man led by God.
Review: This book is ok. I gave it a five because it seem to give an accurate account on what was going on back then(except for the number of the troops that died on Alexander's side). I, also, liked it because it's partially exciting, even though it starts to get boring past the middle.
This book has been extant for probably 2000 years and people are still looking at it. The notes or Arrian let you know when accounts differ or are wrong.
That's it.
-Calvin
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Summary: Alexander the (Great?) - yeah, I think they're right.
Review: This book is ok. I gave it a five because it seem to give an accurate account on what was going on back then(except for the number of the troops that died on Alexander's side). I, also, liked it because it's partially exciting, even though it starts to get boring past the middle.
But, buy it if you're looking for something exciting and/or to get an idea of how Alexander fought and commanded during his reign of (12 years,I think). But, I have to say again, it may be the most accurate because this book has been extant for probably 2000 years and people are still looking at it. But, if there are doubts, the notes or Arrian let you know when accounts differ or are wrong.
That's it.
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Summary: 'The book' on Alexander the Great
Review: This is the book from which all modern scholarship derives the life of Alexander the Great. The author wrote that Alexander was without peer over 1,700 years ago, and there is little to question that statement even now. The author was a well-known greek military man in the Roman Empire who wrote several books, few of which survive. The only criticism of Arrian is that he tends to gloss over or omit some of the more unpleasant aspects of Alexanders' career. Arrian used the biographies of Ptolemy (general of Alexander, future Pharoah of Egypt and ancestor of Cleopatra) and Aristobulous (one of the king's engineers), as his main sources. Neither of these biographies has ever been found and are only known from excerpts. You must read this book.
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