Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Curtius Rufus,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified March 2, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=15765.

This post is aimed at providing a guide for reading sequentially through ethnographic passages from Curtius Rufus’ first century CE narrative about Alexander of Macedon:

• Persians – mixed ethnic composition of Darius III’s army – 3.2.1-10 and 4.11.6-13 (link)
• Persians – 3.3 (link)
• Mardians among Persians – 5.6.17-20 and 6.5.11-23 (link)
• Parthians – 6.2.12 (link)
• Amazons – 6.4.14-17 and 6.5.24-6.6 (link)
• Persians and Alexander’s acculturation to Persian customs – 6.6.1-13; 8.5.5-8; and 8.7.12-15 (link)
• Parapamisadians east of Baktria – 7.3.4-19 (link)
• Scythians and their wisdom – 7.6-9 (link)
• Sogdians north of Baktria – 7.10.1 (link)
• Indians – 8.9; 9.1.24-31; and, 9.10.8-12 (link)