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Quintus Curtius Rufus

41 - 53

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Quintus Curtius Rufus (; fl. AD 41) was a Roman historian, likely active in the 1st century AD. He is known solely for his surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni ("Histories of Alexander the Great"), more fully titled Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt ("The Surviving Books of the Histories of Alexander the Great of Macedon"). Significant portions of the original work are missing. Aside from his name on the manuscripts, no biographical details about Curtius Rufus are definitively known. This lack of information has led some philologists to speculate that he may have had another, unidentified historical identity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Quintus Curtius Rufus is the 38th most popular historian (down from 35th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 116th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Historian.

Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who wrote a history of Alexander the Great.

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Among historians, Quintus Curtius Rufus ranks 38 out of 561. Before him are Saxo Grammaticus, Eric Hobsbawm, Marc Bloch, Ibn Ishaq, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, and Hippolyte Taine. After him are Leonardo Bruni, Jacques Le Goff, Adam of Bremen, Ali ibn al-Athir, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, and Erwin Panofsky.

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Among people born in 41, Quintus Curtius Rufus ranks 2. Before him is Titus. After him is Britannicus. Among people deceased in 53, Quintus Curtius Rufus ranks 1. After him are Mobon of Goguryeo, and Aemilia Lepida.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Quintus Curtius Rufus ranks 122 out of 1,024. Before him are Polycrates (-600), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Saint Titus (13), Critias (-460), Phryne (-371), and Philomena (291). After him are Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Scopas (-395), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Ictinus (-500), and Necho II (-625).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Quintus Curtius Rufus ranks 4. Before him are Thucydides (-460), Xenophon (-430), and Polybius (-208). After him are Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Michael Glykas (1125), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Marsyas of Pella (-400), and Leo Allatius (1586).

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