Cleitarchus, one of the historians of Alexander the Great, son of the historian Dinon of Colophon, was possibly a native of Egypt, or at least spent a considerable time at the court of Ptolemy Lagus. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' Dinon or Deinon ( Greek or) of Colophon (c 360 BC – 340 BC) was a Greek Historian and chronicler the author This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. For the astronomer see Ptolemy; for others named "Ptolemy" or "Ptolemaeus" see Ptolemy (disambiguation.

Quintilian (Instit. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca 35 – ca 100 was a Roman Rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and x. I. 74) credits him with more ability than trustworthiness, and Cicero (Brutus, II) accuses him of giving a fictitious account of the death of Themistocles. Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman Themistocles ( Greek:; c 524&ndash459 BC was an Athenian soldier and statesman But there is no doubt that his history was very popular, and much used by Diodorus Siculus, Quintus Curtius, Justin and Plutarch, and the authors of the Alexander romances. Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who is generally thought to have written his works during the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD Justin (Latin Marcus Junianius (or Junianus) Justinus) was a Latin historian who lived under the Roman Empire. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c Alexander romance is any of several collections of legends concerning the mythical exploits of Alexander the Great. His unnatural and exaggerated style became proverbial.

His work, completely lost, has survived only in some thirty fragments preserved by ancient authors, especially by Aelian and Strabo. Aelianus Tacticus, Greek military writer of the 2nd century CE resident at Rome is sometimes confused with Claudius Aelianus Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

External links

• Livius, Cleitarchus by Jona Lendering
• Histos, In Search of Cleitarchus by A. B. Bosworth
• Pothos.org, Dating Kleitarchos by Karl Soundy

This article about a historian is a stub. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.