Volume I. History of Alexander
Books 1-5

This biography, written in Latin in the 1st or 2nd century A.D., is one of the five extant works on which we depend for the career of Alexander the Great. Curtius narrates events effectively and in a lively style, giving particular attention to the development of his hero's character. "I copy more than I believe," he says; but he does not invent (except in reporting speeches), and this is a substantive and firmly based account.

Series No. 368 / 456 pages / ISBN 0-674-99405-1