Arrian Flashcards
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Background
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- Real name of Lucius Flavius Arrianus
- Wealthy family of Roman citizens, born 85-90AD in Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
- Military/administrative career before retiring to Athens
- Trained in Stoicism with Epictetus, wrote three books based on his teachings
- Often explicitly compares himself to Xenophon, even in antiquity known as the “new Xenophon”
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Arian and Greece
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-“Arrian deliberately embeds his history in Greek history in general, implying an intimate awareness especially of Thucydides and the Greek historical tradition in general”
