The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04

CHAPTER LVII

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VARIOUS ESTIMATES OF ALEXANDER 393

His vices and virtues (Arrian), 393. His favour with fortune (Ælianus), 394. If Alexander had attempted Rome (Livy), 395. A patriotic estimate of Rome’s greatness, 398. His invincibility (Grote), 399. His meanness (Ménard and Rollin), 401. His evil influence (Niebuhr), 403. His motives (Droysen), 405. His effect on federalisation (Pöhlmann), 407. His heritage (Hegel), 408. Alexander’s true glory (Wheeler), 409.