Quintus Curtius
historical figure · 3 works · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Curtius · the Curtiuses
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Roman historian of Alexander cited for two separate anecdotes.
For which reason Alexander was not improperly styled a robber by the Scythian ambassadors, as may be seen in Quintus Curtius.
Quintus Curtius describes the Abian Scythians, as the best acquainted with the principles of justice of any of the Barbarians.
In the sixth book and fourth chapter of Quintus Curtius, we find an observation, that in a common calamity every man looks to himself.
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Legendary Roman youth said to have leapt into a chasm to save Rome, cited as an example of praiseworthy self-sacrifice.
It does not appear, that we could with justice condemn a Codrus, or a Curtius.
De Testimonio Animae
Legendary Roman figure cited as an example of despising death for the sake of posthumous glory.
It is a long task to recount the Curtiuses and the Reguluses and the Greek heroes, of whom there are countless eulogies of death despised for the sake of posthumous fame.