Arrian

Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c.92-175 CE), known as Arrian, was an ancient Greek Military Historian, Army Officer and Governor during reign of Hadrian.

He was born in Nicomedia Bithynia.
Around 126 CE Arrian became friends with Hadrian who appointed him to the Roman Senate and made him Governor of Cappadocia.
When he retired he lived in Athens.

The Anabasis of Alexander
- - Describing the Campaigns of Alexander the Great in seven books.
Discourses of Epictetus
- - Originally 8 Books on the Teachings of the Philosopher Epictetus published c. 108 CE.
Indica
- - A description of the Culture, Geography and History of India whilst narrating the sea voyage in the Persian Gulf of Nearchus, Admiral of the Fleet of Alexander the Great.
  - After the Battle of the Hydaspes (Pakistan) in 325 BCENearchus built a Fleet. Arrian describes this journey from the Indus via the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf to Susa.
Parthica
- - A history of Trajan’s eastern wars against the Parthian Empire in 17 books, now lost.
Techne Taktike
- - (also known as: Ars Tactica): A treatise on Roman cavalry and military tactics, including the ‘Hippika gymnasia’, touraments performed by the Roman cavalry outside their legionary forts. Also included is a description of the Greek Phalanx.
Bythyniaca
Periplus of the Euxine Sea