[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius) › 9.1.2 # Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander 9.1.2 Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.1.2 - **Language:** Latin ### [9.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.2) cetera opimam praedam fore celebratasque opes in ea regione eminere, quam peterent. Proinde iam vilia et obsoleta esse spolia de Persis: gemmis margaritisque et auro atque ebore Macedoniam Graeciamque, non suas tantum domos repleturos. > Alexander rejoicing in a victory so memorable, which led him to believe that the East to its utmost limits had been opened up to his arms, sacrificed to the sun, and having also summoned the soldiers to a general meeting, he praised them for their services, that they might with the greater alacrity undertake the wars that yet remained. He pointed out to them that all power of opposition on the part of the Indians had been quite overthrown in the battle just fought. What now remained for them was a noble spoil. The much-rumoured riches of the East abounded in those very regions, to which their steps were now bent. The spoils accordingly which they had taken from the Persians had now become cheap and common. They were going to fill with pearls, precious stones, gold, and ivory, not only their private abodes, but all Macedonia and Greece. The soldiers who coveted money as well as glory, and who had never known his promises to fail, on hearing all this, readily placed their services at his command. He sent them away full of good hope, and ordered ships to be built in order that when he had overrun all Asia, he might be able to visit the sea which formed the boundary of the world. > — John Watson McCrindle 1896, The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (Curtius' books VIII–IX) - [Previous: 9.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.1) - [Next: 9.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.3) - [Up: 9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (Curtius' books VIII–IX)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius~en-mccrindle.9.1.p1) — John Watson McCrindle 1896, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-majumdar-1924.c8.s2.t8.8) — Alexander Cunningham & Surendranath Majumdar Sastri, English - [The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t1.8) — Alexander Cunningham, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.2) · Pramāṇa