Quintus Curtius Rufus

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Quintus Curtius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman historian best known for his Latin history of Alexander the Great, *Historiae Alexandri Magni*.

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Quintus Curtius Rufus canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman historian ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalContext Roman imperial literature ⓘ
era Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
extentOfSurvivalOfWork books 3–10 survive (Historiae Alexandri Magni) ⓘ
fieldOfWork ancient history ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
floruit 1st century AD ⓘ
focusOfWork character of Alexander the Great ⓘ
moral lessons from history ⓘ
genre historical writing ⓘ
hasWorkAlsoKnownAs Historia Alexandri Magni Macedonis ⓘ
hasWorkType biographical history of Alexander the Great ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed 4th century BC ⓘ
campaigns of Alexander the Great ⓘ
historicalReliability considered mixed by modern scholars ⓘ
influenceOn Renaissance humanists ⓘ
early modern biographies of Alexander the Great ⓘ
knownFor moralizing digressions ⓘ
vivid narrative style ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
manuscriptGapsIn beginning of Historiae Alexandri Magni ⓘ
part of the end of Historiae Alexandri Magni ⓘ
nameInLatin Quintus Curtius Rufus ⓘ
notableWork Historiae Alexandri Magni ⓘ
numberOfBooksInWork 10 (Historiae Alexandri Magni) ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partiallyPreservedWork Historiae Alexandri Magni ⓘ
possibleOfficeHeld Roman consul (disputed) ⓘ
Roman senator (disputed) ⓘ
primaryAudience educated Roman readers ⓘ
probableCenturyOfBirth 1st century AD ⓘ
style rhetorical history ⓘ
textualTransmission medieval Latin manuscripts ⓘ
uncertainIdentificationWith Curtius Rufus (Roman senator) ⓘ
usesSources Aristobulus of Cassandreia (indirectly) ⓘ
Cleitarchus (indirectly) ⓘ
linked to: Cleitarchus

Ptolemy I Soter (indirectly) ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy I Soter

earlier Hellenistic historians of Alexander ⓘ
workSubject Alexander the Great ⓘ
Macedonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Macedon

Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
wrote Historiae Alexandri Magni ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Tyre → recordedBy → Quintus Curtius Rufus ⓘ
Hanging Gardens of Babylon → mentionedBy → Quintus Curtius Rufus ⓘ
Gordian Knot legend → recordedBy → Quintus Curtius Rufus ⓘ
Quintus Curtius Rufus → nameInLatin → Quintus Curtius Rufus ⓘ