Historians and Chroniclers of The Ancient World
- Herodotus, (484 – c. 420 BC), Halicarnassus, "Father of History"
- Thucydides, (460 – c. 400 BC), Peloponnesian War
- Berossus, (early 3rd century BC), Babylonian historian
- Xenophon, (431 – c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and student of Socrates
- Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC — c. 283 BC), General of Alexander the Great, Founder of Ptolemaic Dynasty.
- Timaeus of Tauromenium, (c. 345 – c. 250 BC), Greek history
- Quintus Fabius Pictor, (c. 254 BC - ?), Roman history
- Gaius Acilius, (fl. 155 BC), Roman history
- Polybius, (203 – c. 120 BC), Early Roman history (written in Greek)
- Sima Qian, (c. 145 - c. 86 BC), Chinese history
- Julius Caesar, (100 – c. 44 BC), Gallic and civil wars
- Diodorus of Sicily, (1st century BC), Greek history
- Sallust, (86 – 34 BC)
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, (c. 60 - after 7 BC), Roman history
- Livy, (c. 59 BC - c. 17 AD), Roman history
- Marcus Velleius Paterculus, (c. 19 BC – c. 31 AD), Roman history
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, (c. 60-70), Greek history
- Ban Gu, (32 - 92), (Han Dynasty)
- Flavius Josephus, (37 – 100), Jewish history
- Ban Zhao, (45 - 116), (Han Dynasty)
- Thallus, (early 2nd century AD), Roman history
- Plutarch, (c. 46 – 120), would not have counted himself as an historian, but is a useful source because of his Parallel Lives of important Greeks and Romans.
- Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, (c. 56 – c. 120), early Roman Empire
- Suetonius, (75 – 160), Roman emperors up to Flavian dynasty
- Appian, (c. 95 - c. 165), Roman history
- Arrian, (c. 92-175), Greek history
- Lucius Ampelius, (3rd century AD?), Roman history
- Dio Cassius, (c. 160 - after 229), Roman history
- Herodian, (c. 170 - c. 240), Roman History
- Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 275 - c. 339), Early Christian
- Ammianus Marcellinus, (c. 325 – c. 391), Roman history
- Fa-Hien, (c. 337 - c. 422), Chinese Buddhist monk and historian
- Rufinus of Aquileia, (c. 340 - 410), Early Christian
- Philostorgius, (368 - c. 439), Early Christian
- Socrates of Constantinople, (c. 380 - ?), Early Christian
- Theodoret, (c. 393 - c. 457), Early Christian
- Priscus, (5th century), Byzantine history
- Sozomen (c. 400 - c. 450), Early Christian
- Salvian, (c. 400/405 - c. 493), Early Christian
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