Quintus Curtius is the pen name of writer and translator George Thomas. He has published original, annotated translations of Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations, On Duties, On Moral Ends, and Stoic Paradoxes, as well as translations of Cornelius Nepos’s Lives of the Great Commanders and Sallust’s Conspiracy of Catiline and War of Jugurtha.
In addition to these works, he has published four collections of essays that focus on historical and moral topics. These titles are: Digest, Thirty-Seven, Pantheon, and Pathways. Quintus Curtius was also a contributing writer to the Plutocratic Insurgency Reader, published by the Small Wars Institute in 2019.
Details about all these titles can be found in the “Books” tab on this website. All titles are available at Amazon and other major booksellers.
George Thomas graduated from MIT in 1990 and served on active duty for a number of years as a US Marine Corps officer, with deployed service worldwide. After leaving active duty, he enrolled in law school and began to practice law in state and federal courts after graduating in 1998. He currently is the managing partner of a law firm focusing on bankruptcy and criminal defense. He resides in Kansas City and travels frequently.
The following is a list of his currently published works, with links for further details:
Sallust: The Conspiracy Of Catiline And The War Of Jugurtha
On Duties: A Guide To Conduct, Obligations, And Decision-Making
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Ite per ignavas gentes famosaque regna
Et primo ferri motu prosternite mundum…
At qui sponsore salutis
Miles eget capiturque animae dulcedine, vadat
Ad dominum meliore via.
And this means:
Make your way through the unworthy peoples and the renowned nations,
And strike the world down with the first stroke of your blade…
But if any fighter needs an assurance of safety and is beholden to the easy life,
Let him take an easier path with a different instructor.
Questions for Quintus can be directed to: qcurtius@gmail.com.
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