Curtius Rufus

A translation, with detailed commentary, of Book 10 of Curtius Rufus' Histories, a major Roman source on the end of the reign of Alexander the Great. The Introduction establishes a profile of Curtius, and his agenda as a historian. Both translation and commentary are designed for the reader without Latin.

Autorentext
J. E. Atkinson is Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town. J. C. Yardley is Professor of Classics, University of Ottawa.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• 1: Levels of significance

• 2: Curtius, the author and his dates

• 3: Possible identification with other known Curtii

• 4: Curtius' Histories of Alexander and its genre

• 5: The structure of Book 10

• 6: Curtius' sources

• 7: Curtius and other writers of the early Principate

• 8: Truth and the historical value of Curtius' Histories

• 9: Judging Alexander

• 10: Curtius' language and literary value

• Translation

• Commentary

• Additional note on problems of chronology