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Referenced as 'Pierre Brion' (likely transcription of Briant), mentioned as calling Alexander 'the last of the Achaemenids' - this refers to Briant's scholarly work on Alexander and the Persian Empire

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Described as 'the godfather of Alexander's studies' and 'the great enthusiast for the idea that Alexander is a kind of prince of peace, who has a kind of united nations approach' - referring to Tarn's influential scholarly biography of Alexander the Great