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Links to translation of Quntius Curtius Rufus


Quintus Curtius Rufus wrote a "History of Alexander the Great of Macedon", which has been translated by J.C.Rolfe in his Loeb edition, with the Latin text on facing pages. This edition can be found on the Hathi Trust website, and the following table contains links to the individual chapters in the translation, together with the translator's introduction.


Introduction The work - The author - Alexander  
Book 1 Summary of missing book The birth and youth of Alexander; the destruction of Thebes
Book 2 Summary of missing book Alexander crosses over to Asia; the battle of the river Granicus
Book 3 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 Alexander in Asia Minor; the battle of Issus
Book 4 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 Alexander captures Tyre and conquers Egypt; the battle of Arbela
Book 5 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 Alexander destroys the palace of Persepolis; the murder of Darius
Book 6 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 Rebellion in Greece; plots against Alexander
Book 7 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 Alexander crosses the Caucasus and defeats the Scythians
Book 8 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 Alexander captures the rock of Aornos, and defeats Porus in India
Book 9 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 Alexander's troops refuse to go any further, and he turns back
Book 10 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 The return journey to Babylon, and the death of Alexander


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