The history of Alexander
By: Quintus Curtius Rufus ; translated by John Yardley ; with an introduction and notes by Waldemar Heckel.
Contributors: Yardley, John, 1942-; Heckel, Waldemar, 1949-
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Early works to 1800; Generals -- Greece -- Biography; Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C; Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: The Roman historian's account of the conquests of Alexander the Great is one of the primary sources of our knowledge of the Macedonian conquest and its leader.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 259-299.
Translation of: Historia Alexandri Magni.
Includes indexes.