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Quintus Curtius Rufus | |
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 Quintus Curtius Rufus. Historia Alexandri Magni. Leiden: Elzevier, 1664. | |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Language | Latin |
| Citizenship | Roman Empire |
| Period | c. 41 AD |
| Genres | Biography, history |
| Subject | Life and times of Alexander the Great |
| Literary movement | Silver age of Latin literature |
| Notable works | Histories of Alexander the Great |
Quintus Curtius Rufus (/ˈkwɪntəs ˈkɜːrʃiəs ˈruːfəs/; fl. 41 AD) was a Roman historian, probably of the 1st century, author of his only known and only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, "Histories of Alexander the Great", or more fully Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, "All the Books That Survive of the Histories of Alexander the Great of Macedon." Much of it is missing.
Apart from his name on the manuscripts, nothing else is known of him, leading philologists to believe that he had another unknown historical identity. A few theories exist and are treated with varying degrees of credibility. Meanwhile, the identity of Quintus Curtius Rufus, historian, is maintained separately.