Alexander the Great, a Battle for Truth and Fiction: The Ancient Sources and Why They Can't Be Trusted

by David Grant

Most of what we 'know' about Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) comes from the pages of much later historians, writing 300 years or more after these events. But these Roman-era writers drew on the accounts of earlier authors who were contemporary with Alexander, some of whom took part in the momentous events they described. David Grant examines the fragments of these earlier eyewitness testimonies which are preserved as undercurrents in the later works...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399094718
• ISBN13: 9781399094719
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"