 Qui. Curse En La Vie Alexand. Le Grand, illumination from manuscript located at the Laurentian Library of Florence | |
| Author | Quintus Curtius Rufus |
|---|---|
| Original title | Historiae Alexandri Magni |
| Working title | Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt |
| Subject | Life and times of Alexander the Great |
| Genre | Biography, History |
Publication date | early 40s AD |
The Histories of Alexander the Great (Latin: Historiae Alexandri Magni) is the only surviving extant Latin biography of Alexander the Great. It was written by the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus[1] in the 1st-century AD, but the earliest surviving manuscript comes from the 9th century.
- ^ "The identification of his full name as 'Quintus Curtius Rufus' appears one of a later age (in Hedicke's 1867 edition, for example), for the praenomen 'Quintus' did not appear against the title of the earliest extant manuscripts..."
Grant, David. In Search of the Lost Testament of Alexander the Great. Cedar Forge Pr, 2017, p. 669.