Important Ancient Historians

Below a list of ancient historians who all published a book or books in the field of history.

A
Ammianus Marcellinus
Appian
Arrian

B
Ban Gu

C
Curtius Rufus

D
Dio Cassius
Diodorus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus

E
Eusebius

F
Flavius Josephus

G
Gaius
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus

H
Herodian
Herodotus

J
Julius Caesar

L
Livy
Lucius Ampelius

P
Philostorgius
Plutarch
Polybius

Ptolemy

R
Rufinus

S
Sallust
Sima Qian
Sozomen
Suetonius

T
Thallus
Theodoret
Thucydides

X
Xenophon

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