一关于亚历山大,他的同时代人曾经写过不少的实录。这些人多半是亚历山大东侵时的部将或同僚,由他们所写成的东西,无疑地是关于亚历山大的最可贵的史料。然而时间很无情,这些第一手的材料早已就荡失殆尽了。从公元前一世纪到公元后二世纪,又曾有过好几个作家追述亚历山大的历史,其中阿里安称道过亚历山大部将托勒密回忆录的信实,波卢塔克和其他数人也曾屡屡引用过已经散佚的文献。可见旧史虽亡,这几位后代的作家却还保留着前人的纪载,现在史学界所知道的关于亚历山大的一生,主要是依据这几家的著作。当马其顿王腓力二世被刺身死,继承父位 One about Alexander, his contemporaries had written a lot of record. Most of these people were those written by them when they were part of Alexander the Eastern invasion, and were undoubtedly the most valuable historical materials about Alexander. However, time is ruthless, these first-hand materials have long been lost. From the first century BC to the second century AD, there have been several writers chasing Alexander history, in which Arian commended the Alexander Department will Ptolemy’s memoir of faith, Pollock and other people have repeatedly quoted Have been lost in the literature. Visible old history is dead, these descendants of the writers still retain the record of the predecessors, historians know about the life of Alexander, mainly based on these books. When Macedonian king Philip II was slayed, inherited his father