Translations of The Histories
- George Rawlinson, 1858: in classics.mit.edu full text of all books (Book I to Book IX)
- George Campbell Macaulay, 1904: full text, vol. 1, full text, vol. 2 Project Gutenberg
- Alfred Denis Godley, 1921: full text, librivox audiobook, vol. 1, librivox audiobook, vol. 2, librivox audiobook, vol. 3
- Aubrey de Sélincourt, 1954 excerpts;2003, revised by John Marincola
- Harry Carter, 1958
- David Grene, 1985
- Walter Blanco and Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, 1992
- Robin Waterfield, 1998
- Shlomo Felberbaum, 2003 – work in progress: full text
- Andrea L. Purvis, 2007
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