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Flourished 300 - 399
Subjects Of Study Flavius Josephus • “History of the Jewish War”
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Fritz Fischer
German historian
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Livy
Livy
Roman historian
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
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Cassiodorus
historian, statesman, and monk
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Publius Annius Florus
Roman historian
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Fabius Planciades Fulgentius
Latin author
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Fenestella
Roman poet
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François Furet
French historian
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Alan Bullock
British historian
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Hendrik Willem Van Loon
American historian and illustrator
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German philosopher
Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
French philosopher and historian
Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian