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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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