Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Portal to my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and cultural life anong Greeks, Romans, Judeans, Christians, and others in ancient Mediterranean. Ethnicity, Diaspora, and relations among ethnic and minority groups is a focus.

Category Archives: Curtius Rufus (Roman)

Amazons: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s relationship with Thalestris (first century CE)

Curtius Rufus: A guide for reading ethnographic passages

Mardians among Persians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s conquest of an uncivilized cave people (first century CE)

Parthians: Curtius Rufus on their Scythian origins (first century CE)

Persians, Hyrkanians, Armenians, Derbikians and others: Curtius Rufus on the mixed composition of the army of Darius III (first century CE)

Persians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander of Macedon’s supposed decline into eastern ways (first century CE)

Persians: Curtius Rufus on military processions and royal luxury (first century CE)

Scythian wisdom: Curtius Rufus on the Scythian elder’s speech about Alexander the bandit (first century CE)

Sogdians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s assessment of their noble and courageous character (first century CE)