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*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quintus Curtius Rufus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3597556 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Curtius Rufus Context triple: [Siege of Tyre, recordedBy, Quintus Curtius Rufus]
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A.
Velleius Paterculus
Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
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B.
Livy
Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
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C.
Livy
Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
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D.
Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
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E.
Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Curtius Rufus Target entity description: 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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A.
Velleius Paterculus
Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
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B.
Livy
Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
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C.
Livy
Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
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D.
Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
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E.
Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman historian
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Roman Antiquity
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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
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surface form:
Historia Alexandri Magni Macedonis
|
| hasWorkType | biographical history of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
4th century BC
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campaigns of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| historicalReliability | considered mixed by modern scholars ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Renaissance humanists
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early modern biographies of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| knownFor |
moralizing digressions
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vivid narrative style ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| manuscriptGapsIn |
Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
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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)
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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)
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Cleitarchus ⓘ
surface form:
Cleitarchus (indirectly)
Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy I Soter (indirectly)
earlier Hellenistic historians of Alexander ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Alexander the Great
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Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian Empire
Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| wrote |
Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great
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surface form:
Historiae Alexandri Magni
|
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Subject: Quintus Curtius Rufus Description of subject: Quintus Curtius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman historian best known for his Latin history of Alexander the Great, *Historiae Alexandri Magni*.
Referenced by (4)
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