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Also Known As Flavius Arrianus
Born c.86 • Bithynia
Died c.160 • Athens? • Greece
Subjects Of Study Alexander the Great
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Callisthenes of Olynthus
Greek historian
Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
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Livy
Livy
Roman historian
Marble statue of Polybius seated with one arm raised, draped in classical robes, against a blue sky in Vienna, Austria. The base is inscribed with the name Polybius.
Polybius
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Sallust
Roman historian
Strabo
Strabo
Greek geographer and historian
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Cassiodorus
historian, statesman, and monk
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Ammianus Marcellinus
Roman historian
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Dio Cassius
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Timaeus
Greek historian
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Publius Annius Florus
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Ephorus
Greek historian
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Theopompus of Chios
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Appian of Alexandria
Greek historian
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Hellanicus of Lesbos
Greek historian
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Velleius Paterculus
Roman historian
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Diodorus Siculus
Greek historian

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