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ARRIAN was a native of Nicomedia in Bithynia. In his youth he studied under Epictetus, who had then been banished from Rome, and was teaching at Nicopolis. Epictetus wrote nothing; it is to Arrian that we owe the record of his conversations, and his manual of conduct. Arrian set himself to be to Epictetus what Xenophon had been to Socrates. Under Hadrian, Arrian acquired Roman citizenship, took the name of Flavius, and became governor of Cappadocia. He was a voluminous writer. The principal work which has come down to us is his history of Alexander's campaign in Asia, which he compiled from contemporary memoirs written by Ptolemy and Aristobulus, who served under Alexander. He has also left works on sporting; and on the geography of India, of the Red Sea, and the Euxine.
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reprinted from The New Calendar of Great Men. Ed. Frederic
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