[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [Medieval Latin Alexander literature](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.alexander) › Leo of Naples, History of Alexander's Battles # Leo of Naples, History of Alexander's Battles (Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni (Nativitas et victoria Alexandri Magni)) Translation of a Greek Alexander Romance brought from Constantinople; book 3 narrates the war with Porus, the single combat, the Brahmans and Dindimus, the wonders of India and the trees of the Sun and Moon. Reworked in the recensions J1 (c. 1100), J2 and J3 (13th c.) that fed every vernacular Alexander. - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 951–969 CE - **Author:** [Leo archipresbyter Neapolitanus](https://indike.org/pramana/person/leo-naples) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translates - [Βίος Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance) ## Versions and retellings - [Le Roman d'Alexandre](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.fro.roman-alexandre) - [The Wars of Alexander](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.en.wars-of-alexander) - [Alexander](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.de.alexander-rudolf) - [תולדות אלכסנדרוס](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.lineages.alexander-romance) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.alexander.historia-de-preliis](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.alexander.historia-de-preliis) · Pramāṇa