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)

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)

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)

The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great.

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.

罗伯特•M.奇蒂诺（Robert M. Citino），美国军事历史作家，现代德国军事史研究方面的泰斗，在第二次世界大战与德国对现代作战理论的影响方面有杰出成就。曾在北德克萨斯大学（the University of North Texas）、伊利湖学院（Lake Erie College）、东密歇根大学（Eastern Michigan University）、西点军校（United States Military Academy at West Point）和美国陆军战争学院（the United States Army War College）担任学术职位，现任美国陆军部历史咨询小组委员会（the Historical Advisory Subcommittee of the Department of the Army）主席。 他的作品获得了...(展开全部)

罗伯特•M.奇蒂诺（Robert M. Citino），美国军事历史作家，现代德国军事史研究方面的泰斗，在第二次世界大战与德国对现代作战理论的影响方面有杰出成就。曾在北德克萨斯大学（the University of North Texas）、伊利湖学院（Lake Erie College）、东密歇根大学（Eastern Michigan University）、西点军校（United States Military Academy at West Point）和美国陆军战争学院（the United States Army War College）担任学术职位，现任美国陆军部历史咨询小组委员会（the Historical Advisory Subcommittee of the Department of the Army）主席。 他的作品获得了...(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)