Arrian - Other Surviving Classical Histories of Alexander

Other Surviving Classical Histories of Alexander

  • The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus wrote Historiae Alexandri Magni. a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books of which the last eight survive.
  • The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus wrote Bibliotheca Historia in forty books; of which book seventeen covers the life and conquests of Alexander.
  • The Greek historian/biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote the On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great and "Life of Alexander" in his "Parallel Lives" series, paired with "Life of Julius Caesar"
  • The Roman historian Justin wrote an epitome of the Historiae Philippicae written by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, in 44 books. Of these books 12 and 13 cover Alexander.

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