The article deals with Arrian of Nicomedia’s high estimation of the king Seleucus (calledNicator), a former officer in Alexander the Great’s army. Seleucus had created the greatest– second to Alexander, in fact – empire and this is the main criterion by which he isappreciated by the Bithynian historian and philosopher. It is the same criterion that Arrianhad adopted in evaluating Alexander’s achievements. ‘Greatness’ constituted thus, to putit briefly, an old measure by which kings, commanders and eminent men were rated byGreek historians.
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