The accounts记述 · the ancient witnesses
Greek historians · 希腊史家
Arrian — Anabasis of Alexander; Indica (阿里安·亚历山大远征记;印度志)primary source · 源典
Anabasis of Alexander — the principal Greek source《亚历山大远征记》——主要希腊文史源
Diodorus Siculus — Library of History (狄奥多罗斯·历史丛书)dated witness · 系年见证803 loci · well-attested
§ 16.91–95, 17.1–118, 18.1–14
Josephus — Works (Antiquities · Wars · Apion · Life) (约瑟夫斯·著作(古史·战争·驳阿庇翁·自传))dated witness · 系年见证3 loci · sparse
§ 11.8–8, 12.1–1
Roman historians · 罗马史家
Quintus Curtius Rufus — History of Alexander (库尔提乌斯·亚历山大大帝史)primary source · 源典
the Latin Historiae Alexandri Magni拉丁文《亚历山大大帝史》
Provenance: “primary source” = curated canonical witness (editorial); “dated witness” = derived from the ToposText date index by year-span, with the matched loci count. Sparse counts may include incidental mentions.出处:「源典」为校订之正典见证(编辑判断);「系年见证」由 ToposText 系年索引按年代跨度推得,附匹配条目数;稀少者或含偶涉。
Key figures关键人物
Alexander the Great 亚历山大大帝 356 BCE–323 BCE
Darius III 大流士三世 r. 336 BCE–330 BCE
Philip II of Macedon 马其顿腓力二世 382 BCE–336 BCE
Modern scholarship现代学术 · dated citations (verified against the cited page)
corroborates · 323 BCECAH VI — Lewis et al. (eds.), The Fourth Century BC p.464
“the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.”
On the timeline时间轴上
→ See this and all 17 historians on the chronology spine于编年脊柱上一览本事件与全部 17 位史家