Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86/89 – c. after 146/160 AD;/ˈæriən/; Latin: Lucius Flavius Arrianus; Greek Αρριανός Arrianós) was born in Greece, and a historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period.
The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian is considered the best source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great.
Arrian was born in Nicomedia (present-day Izmit), the provincial capital of Bithynia, Dio called him Flavius Arrianus Nicomediansis. In respect to his birth date, sources provide similar dates for his birth; within a few years prior to 90, 89, and 85 - 90 AD. The line of reasoning for dates belonging to 85-90 AD is from the fact of Arrian being made a consul around 130 AD, and the usual age for this, during this period, being forty-two years of age. (ref. p. 312, & SYME 1958, same page).His family was from the provincial aristocracy of Greek stock, and his full name, L. Flavius Arrianus, indicates that he was a Roman citizen, suggesting that the citizenship went back several generations, probably to the time of the Roman conquest some 170 years before.
The future's doored ingress! What lies beyond? One of you - ah, survived so much! - are you man
enough to force this door upon its golden hinge? You craved the answer - but can you bear the
truth? The door --! The Future --!
futureman
our hope's dissolved
for man's evolved into another state of being
have we "progressed" beyond the need of feeling?
a cyber-brain
the last in the chain of man/machine allience
have we become the victims of our science?
evil devolution
is this an illusion
out here in space
human humiliation
this mutation
of our human race
is this the end
will we transcend the need for human pleasures?
will we abandon all our earthly treasures?
will mankind yield
on the battlefield of natural selection
to an inorganic digital perfection?
evil devolution
is this an illusion
out here in space
human humiliation
this mutation