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Arrian
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Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: Arrianós; ; )
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Arrian, born Lucius Flavius Arrianus, was an Ancient Roman citizen of Greek ethnicity who served as a historian, politician, philosopher, and military personnel. A student of Epictetus and a member of the Flavia gens, he was associated with the stoicism movement. He held the positions of eponymous archon and Roman consul. Arrian was born in Nicomedia and died in Athens.
He wrote in Ancient Greek, with notable works including the *Anabasis of Alexander*, *Epiktētou diatribai*, and the *Enchiridion of Epictetus*. His writings have been documented in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and Pauly–Wissowa.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 185
Top works
- Archaioi hellēnes geōgraphoi
- Arriani Tactica & Mauricii Artis militaris libri dvodecim omnia,nunquam ante publicata, Graece primus edit, versione Latina notisque illustrat Joannes Schefferus
- Arrian's History of Alexander's expedition
- Arrian's Werke
- Epictetus
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21
- Total plays
- 194
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Suppression of the Humoral Immune Response by Plasmacytomas: Mediation by Adherent Mononuclear Cells
· 1977 · cited 69x
- Responses in honeybee and bumblebee activity to changes in weather conditions
· 2023 · cited 63x
- Exploring relationships between time of day and pollinator activity in the context of pesticide use
· 2023 · cited 41x
- A kinetic model of municipal sludge degradation during non-catalytic wet oxidation
· 2015 · cited 33x
- A novel selective extraction of barite, and its application to eastern Mediterranean sediments
· 2002 · cited 30x
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Quotes
- “Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; … [and] I have been appointed leader of the Greeks …”
- “This also is remarkable in India, that all Indians are free, and no Indian at all is a slave. In this the Indians agree with the Lacedaemonians. Yet the Lacedaemonians have Helots for slaves, who perform the duties of slaves; but the Indians have no slaves at all, much less is any Indian a slave.”
- “No Indian ever went outside his own country on a warlike expedition, so righteous were they.”
- “They (Indians) are remarkably brave, and superior in war to all Asiatics; they are remarkable for integrity; they are so reasonable as seldom to have recourse to law suits, and so honest as to require neither locks to their doors nor writings to bind their agreements. They are in the highest degree truthful.”
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Key facts
- Philosopher.name
- Arrian
- Philosopher.image
- Arrian7.jpg
- Philosopher.caption
- Bust of Arrian
- Philosopher.birth_name
- Lucius Flavius Arrianus
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Nicomedia, Bithynia, Anatolia
- Philosopher.death_date
- (aged 73–74)
- Philosopher.death_place
- Athens
- Philosopher.occupation
- Historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher
- Philosopher.notable_works
- The Anabasis of AlexanderIndicaPeriplus of the Euxine Sea
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Works in European collections
28 objects attributed to Arrian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Arriani Nicomedensis novi Xenophontis appellati, de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum libri octo, summa diligentia ad Graecum exemplar emendati, & innumeris quibus antea scatebant mendis repurgati
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Arriani Historia
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Arriani De transitu Alexandri historia
Arriani De ascensu Alexandri
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Arrianou Peri Alexandrou anabaseos. Arriani de ascensu Alexandri
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Arrian's life
- Works
- ''Periplus of the Euxine Sea''
- ''Discourses of Epictetus'' and ''Enchiridion of Epictetus''
- ''Homiliai Epiktetou''
- ''Anabasis of Alexander''
- ''Ta met' Alexandron''
- ''Parthica''
- ''Bithyniaca''
- ''Indica''
- ''Techne Taktike''
- ''Kynēgetikos''
- ''Ektaxis kata Alanon''
- Biographical series
- Sources, transmission, translations and publications
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: Arrianós; ; ) was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander, and philosopher of the Roman period.
The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian is considered the best source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Scholars have generally preferred Arrian to other extant primary sources, though this attitude has changed somewhat in light of modern studies into Arrian's method.
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