[[Quintus Curtius Rufus]] was a 2nd Century AD author, known for his work ''History of Alexander''.
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[[Quintus Curtius Rufus]] was a 1st century AD Roman author, whose only known work is his ''Historiae Alexandri Magni'' (History of Alexander). Other than his name on the manuscript, nothing else is known about him today.
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This work has survived in 123 bonded manuscripts all stemming from an original in the nineth century. Originally containing ten books, the first two (and a possible introduction) are now lost to us today.<ref>Quintus Curtius Rufus, ''Complete Works of Quintus Curtius Rufus'', Introduction, Delphi Publishing Ltd. UK, 2017</ref>