This book contains concise biographies of over 800 individuals known from the literary and epigraphic sources for the age of Alexander.




Covers significant figures, ranging from leading commanders in Alexander's army to the nobles and regional leaders of the Persian empire whom he encountered on his epic campaign

The only complete collection of its kind in English

Gives complete and balanced biographies, extending beyond the death of Alexander in 323 BC where relevant

Contains a full index and a concordance giving the variant names found in the ancient sources