Late Antique Historiography

History of Alexander the Great

Title(s):
  • History of Alexander the Great
  • Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis translatae ex Aesopo Graeco
    (Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis translatae ex Aesopo Graeco, Events of Alexander the Great translated from the Greek version of Aesopus)
Author:
Period covered:
356-323 B.C.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Novel
Remarks:
The work was dedicated to Constantius II and probably composed together with the Itinerarium Alexandri.
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Sources:
Bibliography:
  • G. Romano (1974) Giulio Valerio. Palermo.
  • P.L. Schmidt (1989) 'Pseudo-Historie'. In: Restauration und Erneuerung: Die lateinische Literatur von 284 bis 374 n. Chr., ed. R. Herzog (Handbuch der lateinischen Literatur der Antike, 8.5). Munich: 212-214.