KnowraAncient historiographyLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Ancient historiography, each with the reason it gives.All 11Related 1Narrower topic 10Diodorus SiculusNarrower topic: Diodorus’s work illustrates how ancient historians assembled, framed, and transmitted the past.Ancient biographyNarrower topic: History commonly organizes events and public affairs more broadly than an individual life.MegasthenesNarrower topic: The Indica survives through the selective reuse typical of ancient historical writing.Battle of Aquae SextiaeNarrower topic: Knowledge of the battle depends heavily on later ancient narrative sources.MasadaNarrower topic: Josephus’s account must be assessed within ancient historical writing, not treated as a transcript.Great Fire of RomeNarrower topic: Tacitus and other authors wrote accounts shaped by political perspective and literary convention.Parallel LivesNarrower topic: Plutarch’s biographies preserve historical traditions while pursuing a distinct moral purpose.Pausanias of OrestisNarrower topic: Pausanias’s motives reach modern accounts through authors writing at different times and with different aims.Lucius Cincius AlimentusNarrower topic: Alimentus’s fragmentary legacy illustrates how ancient histories survive through later authors.Pamphile of EpidaurusNarrower topic: Her historical anecdotes contributed to material later used in ancient accounts of the past.