Historian

There are 51 items in Historian:

Diodorus

Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.Life Roman,…

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Ephorus of Cyme

Ephorus of Cyme: (Greek: Ἔφορος ὁ Κυμαῖος): Greek historian, living in the fourth century BCE.Ephorus of Cyme, who lived from c.400 to c.330 BCE and was a disciple by Isocrates, is the author of a General History in thirty books, which…

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Eutropius

Eutropius (c.320-c.390?): Roman historian, author of a very popular Short History of the Roman Empire.Life Portrait of a Roman man, fourth…

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P. Annius Florus

Publius Annius Florus (c.70? - c.140?): Roman author, published a brief work on the history of the Roman empire during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (r.117-138). …

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Herodian

Herodian (c.170-c.240): Greek historian, author of a History of the Roman Empire. The full text can be found here. Commodus as…

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Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great (r.559-530), Cambyses (r.539-522), and Darius I the Great (r.522-486), culminating…

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition…

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition…

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition…

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition…

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