Historiarum Alexandri Magni

Books

• 3
  Book 3

  The battle of Gaugamela. The decisive defeat of Darius. Alexander enters Babylon and Persepolis in triumph.

  260 lines
• 4
  Book 4

  The burning of Persepolis. The pursuit and death of Darius. Alexander inherits the Persian empire and begins to change.

  446 lines
• 5
  Book 5

  The Philotas affair and the murder of Parmenio. Alexander's court becomes dangerous. The conspiracy of the pages.

  286 lines
• 6
  Book 6

  Alexander in Central Asia. The capture of the Sogdian Rock. The marriage to Roxane. Campaigns against Spitamenes and the nomadic peoples.

  328 lines
• 7
  Book 7

  The invasion of India. The battle of the Hydaspes against King Porus. The army refuses to go further. Alexander turns back.

  347 lines
• 8
  Book 8

  The march through the Gedrosian desert. The death of Hephaestion. Alexander's final months in Babylon. Curtius reflects on the king who conquered the world and could not conquer himself.

  420 lines
• 9
  Book 9

  A book of Curtius Rufus' history of Alexander the Great — dramatic narrative combining military history with the moral transformation of Alexander from liberator to despot.

  296 lines
• 10
  Book 10

  A book of Curtius Rufus' history of Alexander the Great — dramatic narrative combining military history with the moral transformation of Alexander from liberator to despot.

  238 lines