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This is a list of historians.The names are grouped by order of the historical period in which they were writing, which is not necessarily the same as the period in which they specialised.
Chroniclers and annalists, though they are not historians in the true sense, are also listed here for convenience.
See also: List of historians by area of study, List of historians of the French Revolution
1 Ancient historians
- Appian, Roman history
- Dio Cassius, Roman history
- Herodian, Roman History
- Zosimus, Late Roman history
- Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk and historian, author of A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hein of his Travels in India and Ceylon ( 399– 414), In Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline.
- Gaius Acilius, Roman history
- Lucius Ampelius, Roman history
- Herodotus, ( 485–c. 420 BC), Halicarnassian "Father of History"
- ThucydidesThucydides (between 460 and 455 BC 395 BC) was an ancient Greek historian. Thucydides was a wealthy Athenian noble and the son of Olorus the King of Thrace. His wealth came from his family's goldmines at Scapte Hyle on the Thracian coast. Thucydides was c, ( 460Centuries: 4th century BC 5th century BC 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 465 BC 464 BC 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC Events Egypt revol–c. 400 BCCenturies: 5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC 399 BC 398 BC 397 BC 396 BC 395 BC Events Carthaginia), Peloponnesian War
- XenophonXenophon ( 431- c. 354 BC), whose name means "strange sound", was an Athenian citizen, an associate of Socrates, a Philodorian and is known for his writings on Hellenic history and culture. While a young man, Xenophon participated in the expedition led by, ( 431Centuries: 6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC Decades: 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC Years: 436 BC 435 BC 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC Events Beginning o–c. 360 BCCenturies: 5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC Decades: 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 365 BC 364 BC 363 BC 362 BC 361 BC 360 BC 359 BC 358 BC 357 BC 356 BC 355 BC Events With the help of A), an Athenian knight and student of Socrates
- PolybiusPolybius ca 203 BC 120 BC) was a Greek historian of the Mediterranean world, especially the rise of the Roman Republic, which he attributed to Roman fitness and the excellence of Roman civic and military institutions. He is most valued for his account of, ( 203Centuries: 4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC Events Second Puni–c. 120 BC)
- Julius Caesar, ( 100–c. 44 BC), Gallic and civil wars
- Flavius Josephus, ( 37– 100), Jewish history
- Kalhana
- Sima Qian, (c. 140 BC), Chinese history
- Livy, (c. 59 BC– AD 17), Roman history
- Cremutius Cordus
- Sallust, ( 86– 34 BC)
- Plutarch, (c. 46– 120)
- Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, (c. 56–c. 120), early Roman Empire
- Suetonius, ( 75– 160)
- Priscus, Byzantine history, 5th century
- Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 275- 339) Christian history
- Ammianus Marcellinus, (c. 325–c. 391)
- Arrian
- Quintus Fabius Pictor, Roman history
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman history
