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Campaigns of Alexander
Arrian · 初版 1971 年
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尽管创作于Alexander去世四百多年后，Arrian对这位伟人及其功绩的记述仍是我们目前所能获得的最可靠版本。Arrian自身作为军事指挥官的经历，赋予了他洞察这位世界最伟大征服者一生的独到视角。他记叙了Alexander对底比斯起义的血腥镇压、击败波斯以及横扫埃及和巴比伦的远征——沿途建起新城，亦将其他城池夷为平地。在Alexander展现出魅力领袖特质的同时，Arrian也极其出色地客观刻画了一个野心无垠的人物形象，
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……我觉得自己应该深入了解的东西都是在那个世纪萌芽的。大体按作者或内容的时间先后排序（我也可能漏掉了几本）：欧几里得《The Elements》、阿里安《The Campaigns of Alexander》、Garmonsway（译）《The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle》、Komroff（编）《The Travels of Marco Polo》、Haydn《The Counter-Renaissance》、布罗代尔《The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II》……
…I thought I should understand better got kicked off in that century. In more or less chronological order by authorship or content (and I've probably forgotten a few): Euclid The Elements Arrian The Campaigns of Alexander Garmonsway (trans.) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Komroff (ed.) The Travels of Marco Polo Haydn The Counter-Renaissance Braudel The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II,…
比起别的，我更沉迷于历史。我最近在读阿里安的《The Campaigns of Alexander》和《Halliburton's Army》
I'm far more into history than anything. I'm reading "The Campaigns of Alexander" by Arrian and "Halliburton's Army"
……雅典/斯巴达的重步兵。而且试图把马其顿人和斯巴达人在道德上分得一清二楚也没太大意义。《The Campaigns of Alexander》里最常见的一句话就是“城中残留的男子尽数被杀，妇孺皆被卖为奴隶。”显然，斯巴达人打出名气靠的是拥有最精锐的重步兵……
…Athenian/Spartan heavy infantry. It also doesn't really make that much sense to try to draw clear ethical distinctions between the Macedonians and the Spartans. One of the most common lines to read in the Campaigns of Alexander is "all the men remaining in the city were killed, and then the women and children were sold into slavery." What's clear is that Spartans gained the reputation for having the most elite heavy infantry…