Late Antique Historiography

Itinerary of Alexander

Title(s):
  • Itinerary of Alexander
  • Itinerarium
    (Itinerarium, Itinerary)
  • Itinerarium Alexandri
Author:
Period covered:
356-323 B.C.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
The author is possibly Julius Valerius, the author of the Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis. Only the first part, a biography of Alexander, is preserved. A second part, containing a narrative of Trajan's Persian campaign, is lost.
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Bibliography:
  • W. Heckel, J. Yardley (2004) Alexander the Great: Historical texts in translation. Malden (MA).
  • R. Lane Fox (1997) 'The Itinerary of Alexander: Constantius to Julian'. The Classical Quarterly 47: 239-252.
  • P.L. Schmidt (1989) '§540.2 Das Itinerarium Alexandri'. 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: 214-215.
  • R. Tabacco (1987) 'Itinerarium Alexandri: Critical review of studies and research perspectives'. Bolletino di studi latini 17: 77-120.