He reportedly brought copies of the works of Livy and Julius Caesar on his campaigns; the poet Antonio Beccadelli even claimed that Alfonso was cured of a disease by the reading of a few pages from Quintus Curtius Rufus' history of Alexander the Great.
Dia dilaporkan membawa salinan karya Livius dan Julius Caesar dalam kampanyenya; penyair Antonio Beccadelli bahkan menyatakan bahwa Alfons sembuh dari penyakit dengan membaca beberapa halaman dari sejarah Quintus Curtius Rufus, Aleksander Agung.