Books written by Pierre Briant
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Alexander the Great: Man of Action, Man of Spirit
Chronicles the life and career of the Greek king who conquered much of Europe, Asia, and India during his short life.
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Alexander the Great and His Empire: A Short Introduction
This is a book not to be missed."--Lawrence Tritle, Loyola Marymount University "Pierre Briant is a scholar of the highest international standing.
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
This process must therefore represent an ancient Persian tribal custom, which was incorporated into the royal education received by the aristocratic youth. Though it is not included in Herodotus, a certain amount of the information ...
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Alexander the Great and His Empire: A Short Introduction
A classic account of Alexander the Great's conquest and its impact on the conquered—now in English for the first time This is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of ...
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From Cyrus to Seleukos: Studies in Achaemenid and Hellenistic History
Grafton, A. 1998, Les origines tragiques de l'érudition. Une histoire de la note en bas de page, French transl., Paris, Le Seuil [The footnote: a curious history, London, 1997]. Grell, Ch. 1995, Le Dix-Huitième siècle et l'antiquité en ...
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
This book is without precedent or equivalent, and also offers an exhaustive bibliography and thorough indexes. The French publication of this magisterial work in 1996 was acclaimed in newspapers and literary journals.
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亚历山大大帝: 在版图的最前线
本书通过大量的图片,介绍了亚历山大大帝是如何征服沿海地区,怎样控制各大首府等过程,再现了他戎马征战的一生.
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Darius in the Shadow of Alexander
... Die Quellen des griechischen Alexanderromans . 2nd . ed . Munich : Beck . 1989. “ Der Brief des Dareios in Getty - Museum und Alexanders Wortwechsel mit Parmenion . ” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 77 : 277–280 . Messina , G ...
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Darius in the Shadow of Alexander
In the first book devoted to the historical memory of Darius III, Pierre Briant describes a man depicted in ancient sources as a decadent Oriental who lacked Western masculine virtues and was in every way the opposite of Alexander the Great ...
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The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire
... empires in the name of their own conception of modernity ; by those who ... age of Alexander " in the longue durée signifies that to some extent the ... unofficial explanations for the Egyptian Expedition leave no doubt as to the ...
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
Around 550 B.C.E. the Persian people--who were previously practically unknown in the annals of history--emerged from their base in southern Iran (Fars) and engaged in a monumental adventure that, under...