Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who wrote from about 60 through to 70 AD and generally thought to have written under the reign of Claudius. His only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, is a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books, of which the first two are lost, and the remaining eight are incomplete. His work is fluidly written, but reveals ignorance of geography, chronology and technical military knowledge, focusing instead on character. The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of, if not the most successful military commanders in history. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
The Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus wrote the Library of World History, of which Book 17 covers the conquests of Alexander.
The Greek historian/biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c. ... Nicomedia (modern Ä°zmit, also known as Iznik) was founded by Nicomedes I of Bithynia at the head of the Gulf of Astacus (which opens on the Propontis) in 264 BC. The city has ever since been one of the chief towns in this part of Asia Minor. ... Anabasis Alexandri The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian is the most important source on Alexander the Great. ... Diodorus Siculus (c. ... Mestrius Plutarchus (c. ... Chaeronea was a city in the province of Boeotia in Ancient Greece. ...
References
The History of Alexander, Quintus Curtius Rufus (trans. J.C. Yardley; Penguin, nd) (also available in the Loeb Classical Library)
Alexander the Great : The Unique History of Quintus Curtius by Elizabeth Baynham
External links
Quintus Curtius' Histories of Alexander the Great (Loeb edition, Latin)
Of the birth of CurtiusRufus, whom some affirm to have been the son of a gladiator, I would not publish a falsehood, while I shrink from telling the truth.
In the first place, CurtiusRufus was consul in 43 and died in 53.
Curtius may not be a great historian, but he certainly tried to be critical, and offers many interesting stories that we do not find in our best source, Arrian, to which he is a valuable and necessary addition.
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