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 Roman Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Rome

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 Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
surface form: 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 Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
surface form: beginning of Historiae Alexandri Magni

part of the end of Historiae Alexandri Magni
nameInLatin Quintus Curtius Rufus self-link
notableWork Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
surface form: Historiae Alexandri Magni
numberOfBooksInWork 10 (Historiae Alexandri Magni)
occupation historian
writer
partiallyPreservedWork Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
surface form: 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
surface form: Cleitarchus (indirectly)

Ptolemy I Soter
surface form: Ptolemy I Soter (indirectly)

earlier Hellenistic historians of Alexander
workSubject Alexander the Great
Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Wars of Alexander the Great
wrote Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
surface form: 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 self-link