Early LifeĪs with other writers of his era, much of Arrian's early life is left to speculation. He earned the nickname “the Second Xenophon” thanks to his work Cynegeticus (On Hunting with Dogs), a revision of Xenophon's Cyropaideia, and one source even gives Arrian's full name as Flavius Arrianus Xenophon. Arrian modeled his writing style after the 4th-century BCE philosopher and historian Xenophon. Arrian is recognized as one of the most renowned authors of the 2nd-century CE Roman Empire for his extensive works on Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE). 160 CE) was a Greek historian, philosopher, and statesman from Nicomedia, capital of the Roman province of Bithynia. Lucius Flavius Arrianus, commonly known as Arrian (86 - c.
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