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). Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to 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. 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' Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. His work is fluidly written, but reveals ignorance of geography, chronology and technical military knowledge, focusing instead on character.
See also
- The Roman historian Arrian of Nicomedia wrote Anabasis Alexandri or The Campaigns of Alexander in Greek. For others with this name see Arrianus (disambiguation. Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon' (ca Nicomedia ( Greek: Νικομήδεια modern İzmit) was founded by Nicomedes I of Bithynia at the head of the Gulf of Astacus which opens Anabasis Alexandri, the Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian is the most important source on Alexander the Great.
- 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
References
- The History of Alexander, Quintus Curtius Rufus (trans. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια is a municipality in the Boeotia Prefecture, Greece. 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)
- Quintus Curtius' Histories of Alexander the Great in Latin at The Latin Library
- Livius: Quintus Curtius Rufus; biographical note and some excerpts in English
- English translation of section 10.6-10
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