Can you name the Greek and Roman historians by their dates and famous works?

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DatesHistorianFamous Works
c. 484-425 B.C.Histories
fl. 5th century B.C.Persica, Indica
c. 460-395 B.C.History of the Peloponnesian War
c. 430-354 B.C.Hellenica, Anabasis, Cyropaedia
c. 360-328 B.C.Deeds of Alexander
234-149 B.C.De Agri Cultura, Origines, History of Rome
fl. 200 B.C.History of Rome
c. 200-118 B.C.Histories
100-44 B.C.The Gallic Wars, The Civil War
86-35 B.C.The Conspiracy of Catiline, The Jugurthan War
c. 64 B.C.-24 A.D.Geography
fl. 60-30 B.C.Library of History
c. 60 B.C.-7 B.C.Roman Antiquities
59 B.C.-17 A.D.Ab Urbe Condita
23-79 A.D.Natural History
DatesHistorianFamous Works
37-100 A.D.The Jewish War, The Antiquities of the Jews
c. 46-120 A.D.Parallel Lives, Moralia
56-117 A.D.Annals, Histories, Germania
69-122 A.D.The Lives of the 12 Caesars, On Famous Men, The Lives of the Rhetoricians
86-160 A.D.Anabasis of Alexander
c. 95-165 A.D.The Civil Wars, The Foreign Wars
c. 150-235 A.D.Roman History
fl. 2nd or 3rd century A.D.Historiarum Philippicarum libri
fl. 3rd century A.D.Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers
c. 240-320 A.D.On the Deaths of the Persecutors
c. 263 – 339 A.D.Ecclesiastical History, Chronicon, Life of Constantine
c. 325-391 A.D.Rerum Gestarum
fl. 490s-510sNew History
c. 500-565 A.D.History of the Wars of Justinian, Secret History
fl. 6th century A.D.Getica
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Greek and Roman Historians Quiz

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  • Created Jul 18, 2012 in History
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