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Aristobulus of Cassandreia (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόβουλος ὁ Κασσανδρεὺς; c. 375 BC – 301 BC), Greek historian, son of Aristobulus, probably a Phocian settled in Cassandreia, accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns. He served throughout as an architect and military engineer as well as a close friend of Alexander, enjoying royal confidence, and was entrusted with the repair of the tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae. He wrote an account, mainly geographical and ethnological. It survives only in quotations by others, which may not all be faithful to the original. His work was largely used by Arrian. Plutarch also used him as a reference.

References

1. N. G. L. Hammond (13 August 2007). Sources for Alexander the Great: An Analysis of Plutarch's 'Life' and Arrian's 'Anabasis Alexandrou'. Cambridge University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-521-71471-6.
2. Pearson, Lionel (1952). "Aristobulus the Phocian". The American Journal of Philology. 73 (1): 71–75. doi:10.2307/292236. JSTOR 292236.
3. Phokis — Delphi — 252/1 BC Epigraphical Database
4. Heckel, Waldemar (2006). Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great : prosopography of Alexander's empire. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9.
5. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aristobulus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 497.

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External links

• Aristobulus Archived 2013-07-10 at the Wayback Machine at Livius.org
• Aristobulus at the Wiki Classical Dictionary

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