Arrianus, Flavius (c. AD 96–c. 175)

Greek historian and philosopher. He was governor of Cappadocia 131–37 and archon of Athens 147–48. The latter years of his life were spent at Nicomedia, where he wrote Anabasis of Alexander, a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great; Indica and Periplus of the Euxine; and Campaign against the Alani (a fragment).

He was born at Nicomedia in Bithynia. In his youth he was the friend and pupil of Epictetus. His other works include Moral Discourses, Enchiridion of Epictetus (edited from verbatim notes), and Cynegeticus.