This book contains concise biographies of over 800 individualsknown from the literary and epigraphic sources for the age ofAlexander. Covers significant figures, ranging from leading commanders inAlexander's army to the nobles and regional leaders of the Persianempire whom he encountered on his epic campaign The only complete collection of its kind in English Gives complete and balanced biographies, extending beyond thedeath of Alexander in 323 BC where relevant Contains a full index and a concordance giving the variantnames found in the ancient sources