Historians - Ancient Historians Geographers and Biographers
Ancient historians, geographers, and biographers. Information on the people who wrote ancient history, chronicles, and biographies.
Ancient History Genres (5)
Livy (7)
Augustus (2)
Phylarchus (1)
Caesar (3)
Plutarch (4)
Ctesias (1)
Polybius (8)
Diodorus Siculus (3)
Sallust (9)
Eunapius (2)
Tacitus (5)
Eutropius (2)
Thucydides (11)
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VelleiusPaterculus (4)
Herodotus (11)
Xenophon (3)
Jordanes (5)
Zosimus (4)
Josephus (7)
Ancient Historians
The Greeks were great thinkers and are credited with developing philosophy, creating drama, and inventing certain literary genres. One such genre was history. History emerged from other styles of non-fiction writing, particularly travel writing, based on the voyages of curious and observant men. There were also ancient biographers and chroniclers who produced similar material and data used by his…
The Greeks were great thinkers and are credited with developing philosophy, creating drama, and inventing certain literary genres. One such genre was history. History emerged from other styles of non-fiction writing, particularly travel writing, based on the voyages of curious and observant men. There were also ancient biographers and chroniclers who produced similar material and data used by his…
Ancient Historians - Timeline of the Greek and Roman Historians
This timeline of the ancient historians allows you to see at a glance when they lived and whether they were primarily historians, geographers or biographers. Where there is supplemental material on this site, a link is shown.
This timeline of the ancient historians allows you to see at a glance when they lived and whether they were primarily historians, geographers or biographers. Where there is supplemental material on this site, a link is shown.
Ancient Historians
Information on ancient major historians.
Information on ancient major historians.
Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio
Eusebius
Eusebius the historian wrote an ecclesiastical history.
Eusebius the historian wrote an ecclesiastical history.
Greek and Roman Historians
Index of ancient Greek and Roman historians, annalists, biographers, and other men in genres related to ancient history.
Index of ancient Greek and Roman historians, annalists, biographers, and other men in genres related to ancient history.
Manetho - Priest and Historian of Ancient Egypt Manetho
Manetho is called the father of Egyptian history.
Manetho is called the father of Egyptian history.
Orosius
Orosius was an ecclesiastical historian.
Orosius was an ecclesiastical historian.
Procopius - Historian Procopius of Caesarea
Procopius was a Byzantine official and historian best known for his unofficial secret history of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora.
Procopius was a Byzantine official and historian best known for his unofficial secret history of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora.
Socrates Scholasticus
Socrates was an ecclesiastical historian.
Socrates was an ecclesiastical historian.
Sources for Roman History - Ancient Historians of Ancient Rome
These ancient historians are some of the main ancient sources on the history of the various periods of ancient Rome.
These ancient historians are some of the main ancient sources on the history of the various periods of ancient Rome.
Sozomen
Sozomen was an ecclesiastical historian.
Sozomen was an ecclesiastical historian.
Theodoret
Theodoret was an ecclesiastical historian.
Theodoret was an ecclesiastical historian.
Zosimus
Zosimus, an historian, wrote about the fall of Rome.
Zosimus, an historian, wrote about the fall of Rome.