The Conspiracies involved in the Philotas Affair

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<b><center>'Then the persons who had reported the affair came forward, with various irrefutable proofs of his own guilt and that of his fellow-conspirators, of which the most damning was that he had admitted knowledge of a plot against Alexander but had said nothing about it.' -Arrian 3.26.2 (pg 191)</center> Explain why Arrian comes to this conclusion about Philotas' 'conspiracy', and assess …

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…A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus...Books 5 to 7,2 (Amsterdam, 1994), p. 225 36. Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander (England 1971), p. 190 37. Plutarch, Alexander 38. W.L. Adams, 'The Episode of Philotas: An Insight', in Crossroads of History: the Age of Alexander, ed. W. Heckel & L.A. Tritle (Claremont CA, 2003), p. 113 39. W.L. Adams, 'The Episode of Philotas: An Insight', in Crossroads of History: the Age of Alexander, ed. W. Heckel & L.A. Tritle (Claremont CA, 2003), p. 123