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The Anabasis of Alexander: or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great

Arrian

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander presents a meticulous chronicle of the Macedonian king’s campaigns, beginning…

Anabasis

Xenophon

Anabasis is Xenophon’s first‑hand account of the Greek mercenaries’ expedition to Persia in 401 B.C., their…

The Two Great Retreats of History

Grote, George; Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de

The work is a historical narrative that intertwines the final campaign of the Persian prince Cyrus the…

Xerxes Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly survey of the Persian monarch Xerxes I, designed originally as a school textbook.

The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis

Xenophon

The work is a historical account of the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger’s bid for power, set against the…

History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s continuation of his historical series, covering the turbulent years of the late…

History of the Wars, Books I and II: The Persian War

Procopius

Procopius of Caesarea presents his History of the Wars as a meticulous record of the campaigns waged by…

History of the Wars, Books III and IV: The Vandalic War

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s continuation of his famed “Wars,” covering the Persian conflict’s aftermath and then…

The retreat of the ten thousand

C. (Carl); Xenophon Witt

Κύρου Ανάβασις Τόμος 1

Xenophon

Expédition des dix mille

Xenophon

Κύρου Ανάβασις Τόμος 2

Xenophon

Els Deu Mil And Vida D'artaxerxes, Per Plutarc

Xenophon; Plutarch