History of Alexander, Volume I: Books 1-5 [Latin]

by Quintus Curtius Rufus

Adventurous history.

Quintus Curtius was apparently a rhetorician who lived in the first century of the Roman empire and, early in the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54), wrote a history of Alexander the Great in ten books in clear and picturesque style for Latin readers. The first two books have not survived--our narrative begins with events in 333 BC--and there is material missing from books 5, 6, and 10. One of his main sources is Cleitarchus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 0674994051
• ISBN13: 9780674994058
• Release Date: January 1946
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.5"