Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander , widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series. After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander the Great controlled a vast empire that was bordered by the Adriatic sea to the west and modern-day India to the east. Arrian, himself a mi...(展开全部)

Quintus Curtius was apparently a rhetorician who lived in the first century of the Roman empire and, early in the reign of Claudius (41-54 CE), wrote a history of Alexander the Great in 10 books in clear and picturesque style for Latin readers. The first two books have not survived--our narrative begins with events in 333 BCE--and there is material missing from books V, VI, and...(展开全部)

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma. Curtius' History offers a great deal of information unobtainable from other sou...(展开全部)

The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great.

Flora Kimmich has translated J.G. Droysen's classic study into English for the first time. Through her masterly rendering she brings this foundational work of modern historiography of the ancient world to a new audience. Based entirely on ancient sources, this is an exhaustive, beautifully narrated account of Alexander from the origins of the ancient Macedonian kingdom to Alexa...(展开全部)

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written. Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his exper...(展开全部)

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written. Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and collected stories, and then recounted his exper...(展开全部)

雅各布·阿伯特（Jacob Abbott，1803 —1879），美国畅销书作家，教育家，一生写作近两百本书，以简短的历史、传记和科普作品为主，著有《凯撒传》《成吉思汗传》《埃及艳后传》等世界名人传记和《罗拉欧洲旅行记》等青少年科普小说，深受读者欢迎。 毕婷 ，一九七九年生，陕西汉中人，西安外国语大学文学学士，西北师范大学英语教学论硕士，现任教于西北师范大学外国语学院。在省级期刊发表过数篇学术文章，参与两项省级重点科研项目，并数次参与涉外翻译工作。

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta,...(展开全部)

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta,...(展开全部)