Editing Nearchus (section)

== Later life ==
Nearchus had a place in Alexander's final plans, as he was to be the admiral of the fleet to conquer Arabia, a land Alexander wished to conquer to fortify trade and transportation in the Persian Gulf between Babylon and India. These plans were cut short by the king's [[death of Alexander the Great|death]].

In the initial arguments over the rule of the empire Nearchus supported [[Heracles (Macedon)|Heracles]], Alexander's son by [[Barsine]] – the king's mistress was now his mother-in-law. Once order broke down he joined [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus']] camp. His last mention is as an adviser to [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius]] in 313/2 BC (D 19.69.1); what happened after that is not known, although he probably retired to write his history. Nearchus wrote a history of his voyages together with a description of India entitled ''Indica''. This text is now lost, but its contents are known from information included by [[Strabo]] and other later authors. An account of his voyage is given in [[Arrian]]'s own ''[[Indica (Arrian)|Indica]]'', written in the 2nd century AD.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nearchus/nearchus.html |title=Livius history |access-date=2020-03-26 |archive-date=2015-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108092609/http://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nearchus/nearchus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Pliny the Elder]] wrote that Nearchus founded the town of Arbis during his voyage.<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/148#6.26.1 Pliny the Elder, Natural History, §6.26.1]</ref>