The ancient Greek civilization.
The Acropolis of Athens.
The ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization. Ancient Greek and Roman historian and writers, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Theopompus, Ctesias, Homer, Aristotle, Plato, Solon, Thales of Miletus, Hesiod, Xenophon,
Has the Ancient civilization enormous influence on how we thinking today ?.
List of historians:
Classical period.
Herodotus (484 — c. 420 BCE), Halicarnassus, wrote the Histories, which established Western historiography
Thucydides (460 — c. 400 BCE), Peloponnesian War
Xenophon (431 — c. 360 BCE), Athenian knight and student of Socrates
Ctesias (early 4th century BCE), Greek historian of Assyrian, Persian, and Indian history
Hellenistic period.
Ephorus of Cyme (c. 400–330 BCE), Greek history
Theopompus (c. 380 — c. 315 BCE), Greek history
Eudemus of Rhodes (c. 370 — c. 300 BCE), Greek historian of science
Ptolemy I Soter (367 — c. 283 BCE), general of Alexander the Great, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty
Duris of Samos (c. 350 — post-281 BCE), Greek history
Berossus (early 3rd century BCE), Babylonian historian
Timaeus of Tauromenium (c. 345 BCE — c. 250 BCE), Greek history
Manetho (3rd century BCE), Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos (ancient Egyptian: Tjebnutjer) living in the Ptolemaic era
Quintus Fabius Pictor (born c. 254 BCE), Roman history
Artapanus of Alexandria (late 3rd — early 2nd cc. BCE), Jewish historian of Ptolemaic Egypt
Cato the Elder (234–149 BCE), Roman statesman and historian, author of the Origines
Cincius Alimentus (late 2nd century BCE), Roman history
Gaius Acilius (fl. 155 BCE), Roman history
Agatharchides (fl. mid–2nd century BCE), Greek history
Polybius (203 — c. 120 BCE), early Roman history (in Greek)
Sempronius Asellio (c. 158 — post-91 BCE), early Roman history
Valerius Antias (1st century BCE), Roman history
Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (1st century BCE), Roman history
Diodorus of Sicily (1st century BCE), Greek history
Posidonius (c. 135–51 BCE), Greek and Roman history
Theophanes of Mytilene (fl. mid 1st-c. BCE), Roman history
Roman Empire.
Julius Caesar (100 — c. 44 BCE), Gallic and civil wars
Sallust (86–34 BCE), Roman history
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (c. 60 — post-7 BCE), Roman history
Livy (c. 59 BCE — c. 17 CE), Roman history
Memnon of Heraclea (fl. 1st century CE), Greek and Roman history
Strabo (63 BCE — 24 CE), geography, Greek history
Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c. 19 BCE — c. 31 CE), Roman history
Claudius (10 BCE — 54 CE), Roman, Etruscan and Carthaginian history
Pamphile of Epidaurus (female historian active under Nero, r. 54–68), Greek history
Marcus Cluvius Rufus, (fl. 41–69), Roman history
Quintus Curtius Rufus (c. 60–70), Greek history
Flavius Josephus (37–100), Jewish history
Dio Chrysostom (c. 40 — c. 115 CE), history of the Getae
Thallus (early 2nd c. CE), Roman history
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (c. 56–120), early Roman Empire
Plutarch (c. 46–120), Parallel Lives of important Greeks and Romans
Criton of Heraclea (fl. 100), history of the Getae and the Dacian Wars
Suetonius (c. 69 — post-122), Roman emperors up to the Flavian dynasty
Appian (c. 95 — c. 165), Roman history
Arrian (c. 92–175), Greek history
Granius Licinianus (2nd century), Roman history
Criton of Pieria (2nd century), Greek history
Lucius Ampelius (c. 2nd c. CE), Roman history
Dio Cassius (c. 160 — post-229), Roman history
Marius Maximus (c. 160 — c. 230), biography of Roman emperors
Diogenes Laërtius (fl. c. 230), history of Greek philosophers
Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 — c. 240), early Christian
Herodian (c. 170 — c. 240), Roman history
Publius Anteius Antiochus (early 3rd c.)
Gaius Asinius Quadratus (fl. 248), Roman history
Dexippus (c. 210–273), Roman history
Ephorus the Younger (late 3rd century), Roman history
Acholius (late 3rd century), Roman history
Callinicus (died 273), history of Alexandria
Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 275 — c. 339), early Christian
Praxagoras of Athens (fl. early 4th century), Greek and Roman history
Festus (fl. 370), Roman history
Aurelius Victor (c. 320 — c. 390), Roman history
Eutropius (died 390), Roman history
Ammianus Marcellinus (c. 325 — c. 391), Roman history
Virius Nicomachus Flavianus (334–394), Roman history
Sulpicius Alexander (fl. late 4th century), Roman history
Rufinus of Aquileia (c. 340–410), early Christian
Eunapius (346–414), biographies of philosophers and universal history
Orosius (c. 375 — post-418), early Christian
Philostorgius (368 — c. 439), early Christian
Socrates of Constantinople (c. 380 — unknown date), early Christian
Agathangelos (5th century), Armenian history
Priscus (5th century), Byzantine history
Sozomen (c. 400 — c. 450), early Christian
Theodoret (c. 393 — c. 457), early Christian
Movses Khorenatsi (13 January 410–488), Armenian history
Hydatius (c. 400 — c. 469), chronicler of Hispania
Salvian (c. 400/405 — c. 493), early Christian
Faustus of Byzantium (5th c.), Armenian history
Ghazar Parpetsi (441/443–510/515), Armenian history
Zosimus (fl. 491–518), late Roman history
Jordanes (6th century), history of the Goths
John Malalas (c. 491–578), Early Christian
