Quintus Curtius Rufus
Roman historian
- Lived
- 100–50
- Country
- Ancient Rome
Updated September 2026
About Quintus Curtius Rufus
Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, likely active in the 1st century AD. He is known solely for his surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, more fully titled Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt. Significant portions of the original work are missing.
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