People who have read Arrian...............?
Q. Please Only answer if you have read Arrian How far do you think Alexander could have conquered, he planned to defeat Arabia, Then from there Carthage, then defeat the Romans and then the Northern Germanic tribes. He had a huge amount of wealth and never lost a battle, Had Alexander lived, do you think Alexander would have been able to conquer everything he put his mind to, or do you think he would have met his match somewhere in the world and be unable to defeat them?
Asked by Forrest Gump - Wed Sep 15 10:42:20 2010 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. Being decidedly pro-Alexander, Arrian makes very little of the mutiny in India. Throughout his campaigns Alexander relied on the Macedonian method of fighting in phalanx formation, aided by heavy cavalry. His potential expansion would be limited (as it was in India) by how far he could convince his men to go. It is also dangerous to say that he never lost a battle - we only have what is written for evidence, and the likes of Ptolemy who sought to elevate Alexander to an almost god-like status may well have chosen to report only his successes. Militarily speaking, had Alexander been able to persuade his army to travel to all the locations mentioned, I think that there is a good chance he would have been able to defeat those enemies who… [cont.]
Answered by Caudex - Wed Sep 15 12:54:42 2010

Roman names--which do you prefer (plus BQ)?
Q. I love history, and enjoy discovering names that were used in various cultures and time periods. That being said, I've compiled a list of names taken from Ancient Rome. While some of these are, shall we say, odd, I would like you to choose one name from each PAIR of names; if you don't like either, still list the name you can tolerate more. Remember, this is just for FUN, and I do give out best answer! Thank you :-) ~~Girls~~ Antonia ~or~ Augustina Aurora ~or~ Caledonia Bellona ~or~ Candra Camilla ~or~ Cornelia Catina ~or~ Laelia Ceres ~or~ Dido Domitia ~or~ Lavinia Leta ~or~ Lucia Marcella ~or~ Marcia Martina ~or~ Venita Minerva ~or~ Octavia Natalia ~or~ Valaria Pomona ~or~ Tatiana Porcia ~or~ Priscilla Silvia ~or~ Tacita Vesta ~or~… [cont.]
Asked by Stud Puffin in the Oven - Wed May 5 14:17:32 2010 - - 14 Answers - Comments

A. Hehe, I teach Classical languages and history! This should be fun. Antonia Caledonia (though I think only of the famous hunt) Bellona (an inauspicious name for a child) Camilla (though I do like Cornelia) Laelia Ceres (I'm not fond of either) Domitia Lucia Marcella (neither is for me) Venita Octavia (I like this one) Natalia Pomona Porcia (I don't care for either) Silvia (My favorite girl's name!) Vesta Maximillian (I like Arrian, but it's a bit too similar to Aryan) Atticus (great name) Burrus (neither is for me. Burrus makes me think of burrows, Crispus is too close to "crispy".) Caius Fabian (I'm curious about Cheston. Ch isn't a native Latin sound--if it appears in Latin it is pronounced as a K, and -on is a Greek ending.… [cont.]
Answered by Rillian - Wed May 5 17:35:31 2010

Spanish Correction on my spanish essay?
Q. Could you correct my spanish travel journal essay, some words you may not figure out since my spanish is bad but just improvise with another word if you can, thanks primer Dia Tome un avion te taca internacional de la aporte J.F.K hace la ciudad de Guatemala. Familiares y amigos me averA en de Guatemala es un ciudad peligrosa, debido a la delencoancea comA n. Me diheiron que la pelrigo esta en la citidad. Eso me huso sentirA mejor porque me viaje irA para viste la Chichen-itza que es fuera de la citidad. Me arrvode Guatemala fue trepano por la maA ana. Me suprendo que aun en la citdiad avA a mucha influencia en indehena, a penas tuvo tiempo para conoce un poco a la citidad porque a las tres de la tarde me busquerenan hoese turesticos… [cont.]
Asked by Junior - Sun May 16 21:42:03 2010 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. 1st: It's too much. 2nd: No possibility to understand what you are meaning. Completely crowded with words that doesn't exist. Even some words don't seem Spanish at all. 3rd: Try to put your original and make it step by step, each day in a new question.
Answered by Luna - Mon May 17 11:03:34 2010

I have a gargantuan superiority complex.?
Q. I tend to consider myself superior to others, even my best friends, because I wear tailored suits and have better taste in ties than they do. I get extremely resentful when people don't pay as much attention to me as others whose families are obviously not as wealthy as me. Their total lack of candour in wearing suits, 'borrowing' money off their parents to go out, driving crap cars and having jobs at 17 to pay for their surplus expenses makes me extremely angry. I should be the centre of attention, I am far richer than them, I am far more intelligent having read practically every classic of classical antiquity from Arrian to Xenophon, I have far better taste in restaurants and nights out and I am generally a better human being than they… [cont.]
Asked by Nikos S K - Mon May 8 16:34:19 2006 - - 8 Answers - Comments

A. Either you're bored and somehow knew all the symptoms of a narcissist, or you're a text book case of a narcissist.
Answered by jman14141414 - Tue May 9 15:14:46 2006

was King Darius really as pathetic as Arrian makes him out to be?
Q. i think that Arrian just loved Alexander (..The Great) and so wanted to show him as a brave noble hero...was he really in your opinion??
Asked by Kristin H - Wed Nov 29 19:01:26 2006 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. The victors write history. They also kill people that write the "wrong" history if you happened to be living under Alexander's heel. Arrian may just have been building Alexander up so as not to get lynched. You expect a guy that slaughters whole cities that don't submit to his rule to be nice?
Answered by Cheshire Cat - Wed Nov 29 19:12:52 2006

Alexander the Great question?
Q. Where can i find online primary (i.e. early secondary) sourses for Alexander? I have Arrian and Plutarch but cannot find any decent english versions of Curtius, Diodorus and Justin. Can anyone help?
Asked by Nick C - Sat Jun 6 19:42:51 2009 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. Try the Gutenberg Project website - they have lots of English translations of Classical era works.
Answered by ammianus - Sun Jun 7 04:41:06 2009

What do you think of these baby names?
Q. ok so i have hard time finding nice international baby boy names but i came up with few: Boys- Allan, Arrian, Alex Girls- Hanna, Emma, Ellana Do you like any of these and do you have any that i can take a look at! Im 3 months pregnant and don't know what is it yet, but im trying to pick out names!
Asked by am2284 - Sat Jan 10 13:02:26 2009 - - 5 Answers - Comments

A. I like those.
Answered by Valentina R - Sat Jan 10 13:07:53 2009

What do you think of this name?
Q. I'm not thinking of using it really, just want to know your opinions- thanks! :) the name is: Arrian (air-e-in) or Arrian (ar-e-in)
Asked by Hanah - Fri Mar 19 12:00:34 2010 - - 5 Answers - Comments

A. I'm not a big fan of it. And I don't know if it's a boys name or a girls name. But I prefer Aria to those.
Answered by AJ - Fri Mar 19 12:06:56 2010

how do i get my friend back?
Q. about 3 months ago,i net a guy name zachary. when i first met zac, i was so attracted to him, and i was attached to him fast. its funny because zac is a big dude,and that is so not my type. everyone knows, that some big dudes, have breast, and sometimes their size takes away from their sex performance. but,i like him so much, i didn't care if he had those things.about a week ago,zac and i decided to do da do!! i was in heaven. ever since that happened, i thought zac was tired of me, and he thought i was tried of him,but it wasn't like that at all. so feb 10, 2009 zac, my friend arrian and i were on the phone. zac and i began to bicker back and forth about how we thought each other was feeling. for about twenty mins, we heared nothing from… [cont.]
Asked by Whitnee L - Tue Feb 17 14:31:40 2009 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. You messed up big time. Zac found a different side to you, a cruel and mean side. You need to just say your sorry, if you mean it truly, and let him have his space to find out if your worth being friends with again or not. Do not get too worked up if he doesn't speak to you again, most likely he will not. It was pretty immature and shallow what you did. Be seeing you...
Answered by -- Skittles -- - Tue Feb 17 14:43:04 2009

Why did these historians, contemporaries of jesus, not write of him?
Q. We are talking about a "miracle working son of god" so don't bother comparing his historicity to any other historical figure. Consider the following list. These are the historians and writers who DID live within Christ's alleged lifetime or within a very short period after his death, yet not a one of them mentio jesus, his "miracles", his birth or ressurection. Apollonius Persius Appian Petronius Arrian Phaedrus Aulus Gellius Philo-Judaeus Columella Phlegon Damis Pliny the Elder Dio Chrysostom Pliny the Younger Dion Pruseus Plutarch Epictetus Pompon Mela Favorinus Ptolemy Florus Lucius Quintilian Hermogones Quintius Curtius Josephus Seneca Justus of Tiberius Silius Italicus Juvenal Statius Lucanus Suetonius Lucian… [cont.]
Asked by Brilliana 8 a rack Blue - Sun Oct 7 22:32:58 2007 - - 13 Answers - Comments

A. Josephus Flavius DID refer to Christ if you are looking for a specific name fit for your list. I am not particularly knowledgeable about apologetics, yet I can find this reference with a momentary web search. The writers of the New Testament were, in many instances, martyrs for their faith. Their prolific writings exist although you appear to be able to completely disregard the Bible as a historical source. Why would these eye witness observers die for fiction? These writers also took the subversive actions of writing to women and slaves rather than pandering only to men which would hardly have made their writings popular according to the culture. Yet we still have these writings preserved and available. I cannot prove the existence of… [cont.]
Answered by detailgirl - Sun Oct 7 22:55:27 2007

where is the lyginus river?
Q. arrian
Asked by peter s - Tue Dec 9 08:53:18 2008 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. hi there,information for you.. regards pops..
Answered by granddad pops o.b.e. - Thu Dec 11 13:08:15 2008

The Battle of Issus, Alexander vs. Darius!?
Q. I am doing a project on Darius III, and i need to find which ancient source quotes that before the Battle of Issus, Darius found the wounded soldiers that Alexander had left behind and cut there hands off, showed them the size of his army then sent them to Alexander to reveal the news. I have the sources by Arrian, Quintus Curtius Rufus and Plutarch and i've looked and looked around the pages before the Battle of Issus took place and I can't find it. Maybe it is in a different source book? I just need the page number i guess.
Asked by jolenexjolenex - Wed May 14 04:21:36 2008 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. "The Persians captured Issus without opposition, and cut off the hands of all the sick and wounded that Alexander had left behind." - Wikipedia always seems to have the answers.
Answered by Jazz - Mon May 19 03:59:53 2008

Anybody has historical data about Jesus?
Q. John E. Remsburg, in his classic book The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidence of His Existence (The Truth Seeker Company, NY, no date, pp. 24-25), lists the following writers who lived during the time, or within a century after the time, that Jesus is supposed to have lived: Josephus Philo-JudA us Seneca Pliny Elder Arrian Petronius Dion Pruseus Paterculus Suetonius Juvenal Martial Persius Plutarch Pliny Younger Tacitus Justus of Tiberius Apollonius Quintilian Lucanus Epictetus Hermogones Silius Italicus Statius Ptolemy Appian Phlegon PhA drus Valerius Maximus Lucian Pausanias Florus Lucius Quintius Curtius Aulus Gellius Dio Chrysostom Columella Valerius Flaccus Damis Favorinus Lysias Pomponius Mela Appion of… [cont.]
Asked by Kassy - Thu Apr 3 04:55:00 2008 - - 13 Answers - Comments

A. This is an very interesting question. It would take a lifetime of study and research to cover the writings of all listed. This is one document I have always fond historically correct concerning Christians. In my opinion, there is little doubt that Jesus was an actual person. To believe or not believe He was divine is a matter of faith. This is from the writings of Tacitus documenting events that took place after Rome burned. "The Annals" By Tacitus Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb "Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name… [cont.]
Answered by KyLoveChick - Thu Apr 3 09:05:44 2008

Darius III cutting the hands off Alexanders wounded?
Q. I am doing a project on Darius III, and i need to find which ancient source quotes that before the Battle of Issus, Darius found the wounded soldiers that Alexander had left behind and cut there hands off, showed them the size of his army then sent them to Alexander to reveal the news. I have the sources by Arrian, Quintus Curtius Rufus and Plutarch and i've looked and looked around the pages before the Battle of Issus took place and I can't find it. Maybe it is in a different source book? I just need the page number i guess.
Asked by jolenexjolenex - Wed May 14 04:23:43 2008 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. The only other major source is Diodorus Siculus. It's on the web, so try there. Later - no, my mistake, not in Diodorus but bang there in Q. Curtius Rufus. Book III, 8, 15. In the Penguin trans on p. 38.
Answered by Jim L - Wed May 14 07:23:44 2008

How far back does the Arrian society or culture go?
Q.
Asked by Jay-V-Dub - Tue Sep 26 20:06:10 2006 - - 3 Answers - Comments

A. Arianism is a Christological view originally held by followers of Arius, a Christian priest who lived and taught in Alexandria, Egypt, in the early 4th century. Arius taught that God the Father and the Son were not co-eternal, seeing the pre-incarnate Jesus as a divine being but nonetheless created by (and consequently inferior to) the Father at some point, before which the Son did not exist. In English-language works, it is sometimes said that Arians believe that Jesus is or was a "creature"; in this context, the word is being used in its original sense of "created being". With the exception of perhaps the Protestant Reformation, the various disagreements within the Christian Church have not held the same force and… [cont.]
Answered by albert_rossie - Tue Sep 26 20:28:35 2006

Spiritually speaking, how is this possible or plausible?
Q. The following Jewish and pagan writers, living at the time of Jesus' life or during the first century, handed down to us enough of their writings to fill a small library. Yet not one of them mentioned Jesus. These writers are: Josephus, Seneca, Philo-Judaeus, Pliny the Elder, Seutonius, Juvenal, Martial, Arrian, Petronius, Dion Pruseus, Paterculus, Appian, Phlegon, Theon of Smyrna, Persius, Plutarch, Tacitus, Statius, Justus of Tiberius, Apollonius, Pliny the Younger, Lucanus, Quintilian, Epictetus, Silius Italicus, Ptolemy, Hermogones, Valerius Maximus, Pompon Mela, Quintius Curtius, Lucian, Pausanias, Favorinus, Valerius Flaccus, Florus Lucius, Phaedrus, Damis, Aulus Gellius, Columella, Dio Chrysostom, Lysias and Appion of Alexandria. … [cont.]
Asked by AuroraDawn - Sun Feb 15 15:10:32 2009 - - 7 Answers - Comments

A. There is more evidence that Caesar Augustus bodily ascended into heaven than there is that Jesus Christ ever existed. Why don't the true believers buy that one? Well played.
Answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 - Sun Feb 15 15:13:54 2009

racist?my bf and the arrian brotherhood?
Q. okayy so im dating this guy he moved here few months ago and the friends he made are in the so called "arrian brotherhood" and are racist...he says he isnt but hangs with them n does their hand shakes and stuff...my dad is black (im white but he raised me) alon with my younger siblings n he met my dad and they got along and i told him that if he ended up believing what they did we would not be together and he has other friends that are different races...what should i do? other than that he is a great guy i know it sounds childish and i bitch him about it everyday i just dont like his friends... btw i was by his friends the other day and they something about a black i didnt take very much and i started cursing...so ya black person* [cont.]
Asked by <3 - Fri Apr 23 12:56:50 2010 - - 1 Answers - Comments

A. Well, in prison the White inmates form groups so that they aren't so much in danger, since they are often outnumbered (depending on the area). It's not necessarily racist in that way... Still, you can't be too careful these days! Everyone is trying so hard to find purpose in life...
Answered by perfectlybaked - Fri Apr 23 12:59:38 2010

If I read books like these will I be well-informed in history?
Q. I prefer reading to the History Channel. David McCullough--John Adams Carlo dEste--Patton:: Genius for War Arrian--Campaigns of Alexander Tacitus--Histories & Annals Stephen Sears--Gettysburh Jon Spence--Search for Modern China Trevor Royle--Crimea Michael Grant--Rise of the Greeks Will Durant--The Reformation Chris Hibbert--Days of the French Revolution W.Frend--Rise of Christianity Jean Ed Smith--FDR Hugh Kennedy--Great Arab Conquests Donald Kagan--Peloponnesian War WB Lincoln--The Romanovs etc.etc. I'm going to try one per week. :D
Asked by das Buch - Sat Oct 10 11:58:10 2009 - - 3 Answers - Comments

A. Yes... But you know, I didn't learn all I know about history simply by finding a book and reading it. I find something interesting, I look it up, and I learn about it. I already knew most of what my history teachers have tried to teach me. Also, I have played many games growing up... they influenced my interest and learning in history, too.
Answered by Capt. Morgan - Sat Oct 10 12:02:09 2009

Christians, can you explain how these 40 writers that were alive at the time of christ have no mention of him?
Q. The following is a list of writers who lived and wrote during the time, or within a century after the time, that Christ is said to have lived and performed his wonderful works. With no mention of any of them: Josephus Philo-Judaeus Seneca Pliny the Elder Suetonius Juvenal Martial Persius Plutarch Justus of Tiberius Apollonius Quintilian Lucanus Epictetus Silius Italicus Statius Ptolemy Hermogones Valerius Maximus Arrian Petronius Dion Pruseus Paterculus Appian Theon of Smyrna Phlegon Pompon Mela Quintius Curtius Lucian Pausanias Valerius Flaccus Florus Lucius Favorinus Phaedrus Damis Aulus Gellius Columella Dio Chrysostom Lysias Appion of Alexandria Funny how nobody seems to recall the man who managed to walk on water... The figure… [cont.]
Asked by Noki Slovlaklovich - Tue Dec 30 15:09:25 2008 - - 17 Answers - Comments

A. Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny (the younger), Celsus, Lucian, Epictetus, Porphyry, and the Emperor Marcus Antoninus wrote about Jesus Christ.
Answered by Booth - Tue Dec 30 15:16:52 2008

How can I improve this poem? Is it clear?
Q. What was Asoka's Dharma? Thank you for answering. Let there be Peace on Earth! To Loan Shark of Bliss Meena rides near her King, calm and proud, beautiful. The wind in her long hair, she feels free and happy. When Asoka calls her, she says, a Your Majesty!a Joy sparkling in her eyes, and a smile so graceful. Thin white clouds and blue birds cross the sky; Asoka In his royal litter, calls out, a Water, Meena!a She hurries to bring it, swiftly, faithfully drinking first. Then she presents the cup: her Samrat should not thirst. King Asoka orders the trumpeters to play. People will discover a new edict today Where Asoka proclaims the virtues of Piety. a Victory by Dharma is the best victorya . The king looks at Meena, a I give you… [cont.]
Asked by Soniya a a a a a a - Mon Nov 16 07:46:27 2009 - - 4 Answers - Comments

A. Yes, Mahendra will be attending!! The word Dhamma is the Prakrit version of the Sanskrit word Dharma. Ashoka's approch towards her was reliable source for understanding Dharma Spirituality. the relation between two of them brings the most authoritative, highest quality information and sharing Raja dharma. Let this poem looks in ti one with his histroy search for spiritual meaning of Samrat why he is not thirst. These edicts are a code for how to lead life in a way that you become an inspiration for others. Ashoka believed that a king should treat his subjects the same way a father treats his children. a nice insight Soniya!! do you felt meena with in you, while writting poem!!!
Answered by Mahen - Tue Nov 17 17:54:20 2009