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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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
