A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander: Volume II: Commentary on Books IV-V (Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander)

by A. B. Bosworth

This is the long-awaited second volume of a magisterial commentary on the work of the historian Arrian. It deals in depth with a crucial period (329-326 BC) of the reign of Alexander the Great, discussing some of the earliest datable evidence for the history of Central Asia and Pakistan, and analyzing Alexander's views of sovereignty and divinity. (read review)

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