Historian

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Diodorus Siculus, the 1st century BCE historian, took great pride in precision of description but, even so, could not refrain from adding his own personal views and interpretations of historical events and persons. In the following passage, Diodorus describes the reign of King Philip II of Macedon (382-336 BCE) with a focus on the role `fortune&rsquo... [continue reading]
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This article is concerned with the shaping of the annual narrative in historical writers working in the Roman annalistic tradition and contests the view that Livy and his predecessors conformed to a standard pattern from which Tacitus departed. It is true that Livy in Books 21-45 employs a regular internal–external–internal pattern based... [continue reading]
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  • c. 484 BCE - c. 413 BCE
    Life of the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassos.
  • c. 108 CE
    The historian Arrian studies with Epictetus, records his teachings.
  • c. 380 CE - c. 418 CE
    Life time of Paulus Orosius.
  • 418 CE
    Completion of Orosius' famous work Seven Books of History Against the Pagans.