The Armenian Highlands in the Eyes of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Strabo, Herodotus, and Avienus
Quintus Curtius Rufus, “History of Alexander the Great”. “The route there goes through steppes. Situated between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, they are so abundant that the livestock is driven out from the pasture not to die from the glut of food, as some say. The reason for such fertility is irrigation: the moisture from …