<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><pre>Dear colleagues,<br><br>I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book:<br><br>Deploying a Roman Army: The <i>Ektaxis kat' Alanôn</i> of Arrian. Glasgow: Quirinus Editions, 2022. Pp. xiv + 214. ISBN 979-8-80386862-0.<br><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated"><br>The “Deployment Against </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">the Alans” is a work of unusual importance written by the Roman consul </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">Arrian. It takes the form of a series of instructions, whose aim is </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">firstly to assemble into marching order a variety of individually named </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">military units (identifiable as part of the Hadrianic garrison of the </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">Roman province of Cappadocia), and secondly to deploy them in line of </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">battle against a mounted foe, the Alans of the title. A third section </span><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated">then gives advice on how the battle should unfold.</span><br><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated"></span><div><span class="ydp78ab088cjs-work-more-abstract-untruncated"><br>This volume presents an improved Greek text (the first since 1928), with a Loeb-style facing-page English translation. As well as an in-depth introduction to Arrian, his work, and his governorship of Cappadocia, there is also, for the first time ever, a detailed commentary on the <i>Ektaxis</i>. The volume is fully indexed and will be of interest to students and scholars of Arrian, as well as to Roman army enthusiasts.</span></div><br>Copies can be obtained from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B2TYMNZQ">Amazon UK</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2TYMNZQ" class="">Amazon US</a>, or from your preferred Amazon supplier.<br>
Kind regards,
<br>Dr Duncan B Campbell
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