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Historians 1. Greek. The following ancient historians wrote in Greek (some on Roman history): Apollodorus, Appian, Arrian, Callisthenes, Cassius Dio, Ctesias, Diodorus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ephorus, Eratosthenes, Eusebius, Herodian, Herodotus, Josephus, Onesicritus, Plutarch, Polybius, Posidonius, Theopompus, Thucydides, Timaeus, Xenophon, and Logographers.

2. Roman. The following names include ancient historians who wrote in Latin, and the titles of Latin histories: Ammianus Marcellinus, Annales, Caesar, Cremutius Cordus, Curtius, Eutropius, Festus, Florus, Hirtius, Historia Augusta, Jerome, Justin, Livy, Nepos, Orosius, Sallust, Sisenna, Suetonius, Tacitus, Trogus, Valerius Maximus, Velleius Paterculus. See also HISTORIOGRAPHY.

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