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Alimentus recorded history in Greek, and relied on Greek historians such as Timaeus. Roman histories were not written in Classical Latin until the 2nd...

thousands of Greek and Roman historians, only the tiniest fraction's works survive and it is out of this small pool that ancient historians and ancient historiography...

a triumph. The origins and development of this honour are obscure: Roman historians themselves placed the first triumph in the mythic past. Republican...

were largely forgotten by the Romans a few centuries later; later Roman historians presented a narrative of the events, traditionally dated to c. 509...

the female personification of Britain. After the initial invasions, Roman historians generally only mention Britain in passing. Thus, most present knowledge...

Luce, T. J. (1997). The Greek Historians. London and New York: Routledge. Marincola, John (2001). "Greek Historians". Greece & Rome, New Surveys in...

been a peacekeeper within the group and supports the views of most Roman historians that friction between Crassus and Pompey had always been a greater...

identifying those original elements has so far eluded classicists. Roman historians dated the founding of Rome around 753 BC, but the earliest known written...

c. AD 56 – c. 120), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving...

attacks from outside the empire. Many historians have postulated reasons for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. Their conclusions usually belong...

Boudican revolt against the Roman Empire is referred to in four works from classical antiquity written by three Roman historians: the Agricola (c. 98) and...

M. W. L. (1966). The Greater Roman Historians. University of California Press. Levine, Lee (1975). Caesarea Under Roman Rule. Brill Archive. ISBN 90-04-04013-7...

public role, women are named less frequently than men by Roman historians. But while Roman women held no direct political power, those from wealthy or...

of the Roman monarchy in 509 BC, in which the Romans ousted the Etruscan Tarquinii dynasty and established the Roman Republic, some historians put the...

of all foundation myths. Ancient historians had no doubt that Romulus gave his name to the city. Most modern historians believe his name is a back-formation...

Varian Disaster (Latin: Clades Variana) by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place somewhere near...

Ancient Chinese historians recorded several alleged Roman emissaries to China. The first one on record, supposedly either from the Roman emperor Antoninus...

the lower, equestrian rank. Not all the governors are recorded by Roman historians and many listed here are derived from epigraphic evidence or from sources...

Historical states Roman Kingdom 753–509 BC Roman Republic 509–44 BC Roman Empire 27 BC – AD 395 Western Roman Empire 286–476 Kingdom of Italy 476–493...

Eutropius (fl. 363–387) was a Roman official and historian. His book Breviarium Historiae Romanae summarizes events from the founding of Rome in the 8th...