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The Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni (History of Alexander's Battles), more commonly known as the Historia de preliis (History of Battles), refers to a Latin translation and the main abridgements of a work that was originally as the Nativitas et victoria Alexandri Magni regis.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Alexander Romance, Augustine of Hippo, Gog and Magog, Gospel, Guido of Pisa, Italy, Jerusalem, Latin, Leo of Naples, Middle Ages, Naples, Nativitas et victoria Alexandri Magni regis, Orosius, Qissat al-Iskandar, Recension, Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis, Roman d'Alexandre en prose, The Buik of Alexander.

  2. 10th-century books
  3. 10th-century books in Latin
  4. Alexander the Great
  5. Alexander the Great in legend

Alexander Romance

The Alexander Romance, once described as "antiquity's most successful novel", is an account of the life and exploits of Alexander the Great. Historia de preliis and Alexander Romance are Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great in legend and medieval legends.

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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

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Gog and Magog

Gog and Magog (Gōg ū-Māgōg) or Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Yaʾjūju wa-Maʾjūju) are a pair of names that appear in the Bible and the Qur'an, variously ascribed to individuals, tribes, or lands.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.

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Guido of Pisa

Guido of Pisa (died 9 July 1169) was an Italian geographer from Pisa.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leo of Naples

Leo of Naples (fl. 950s), also called Leo the Archpriest (Leone Arciprete), was a diplomat and translator in the service of Dukes John III and Marinus II of Naples.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Nativitas et victoria Alexandri Magni regis

The Navitas et victoria Alexandri Magni regis (The Birth and Victories of King Alexander the Great) is a lost tenth-century Latin translation of the Greek Alexander Romance of Pseudo-Callisthenes, produced from a copy of a Greek manuscript discovered in Constantinople by Leo the Archpriest. Historia de preliis and Nativitas et victoria Alexandri Magni regis are 10th-century books in Latin and medieval literature.

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Orosius

Paulus Orosius (born 375/385 – 420 AD), less often Paul Orosius in English, was a Roman priest, historian and theologian, and a student of Augustine of Hippo.

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Qissat al-Iskandar

The Qiṣṣat al-Iskandar (fully the Qiṣṣat al-Iskandar wa-mā fīhā min al-amr al-ʿadjīb, or "The story of Alexander and the wonderful things it contains") is the earliest narrative of Alexander the Great in the tradition of the Alexander Romance genre in the Arabic language. Historia de preliis and Qissat al-Iskandar are Alexander the Great in legend.

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Recension

Recension is the practice of editing or revising a text based on critical analysis.

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Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis

The Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis (The Deeds of Alexander the Macedonian) is the earliest Latin translation of the Alexander Romance, usually dated between 270–330 AD and attributed to Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius.

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Roman d'Alexandre en prose

The Roman d'Alexandre en prose (Prose Alexander-Romance) is one of many medieval "Alexander romances" relating the adventures of Alexander the Great, which were by then greatly elaborated with fantastical additions to the historical accounts.

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The Buik of Alexander

The Buik of Alexander is a short title for the two known Scots versions of the Alexander romance stories — a genre which was common in Medieval European literature, particularly France from the 12th century onwards, and the British Isles in the 14th and 15th centuries.

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See also

10th-century books

10th-century books in Latin

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great in legend

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_de_preliis