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1. Livius

   Author of The Early History of Rome : Books I-V of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics), History of Rome, books 21-30, History of Rome, books 6-10

2. Plutarch

   Author of The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives, Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics), The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives (Penguin Classics, L286)

3. Polybius

   Author of The Histories: Volume I, Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library), The Histories: Volume III, Books 5-8 (Loeb Classical Library), The Histories: Volume IV, Books 9-15 (Loeb Classical Library)

4. Diodorus Siculus

   Author of Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History, Volume I, Books 1-2.34, Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History, Volume X, Books 19.66-20, Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History, Volume VII, Books 15.20-16.65

5. Cassius Dio

   Author of The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus, Roman History, Roman History

6. Tacitus

   Author of The Annals, The Agricola and Germania, The Histories

7. Julius Caesar

   Author of Commentaries on the Gallic War, The Civil War, De Bello Alexandrino; De Bello Africo; De Bello Hispaniensi

8. Appian

   Author of The Civil Wars, Roman History, Appian, Vol. III: Roman History, Civil Wars Books 1-3.26

9. Procopius

   Author of The Secret History, Procopius in Seven Volumes. II: History of the Wars, Books III-IV, Procopius in Seven Volumes. IV: History of the Wars, Books VI.16-VII.35

10. Xenophon

    Author of The Persian Expedition, A History of My Times, Hellenica, books 5-7

11. Strabo

    Author of The Geography of Strabo: Volume VII, Books 15-16 (Loeb Classical Library), The Geography of Strabo: Volume II, Books 3-5 (Loeb Classical Library), The Geography of Strabo: Volume V, Books 10-12 (Loeb Classical Library)

12. Dionysius of Halicarnassus

    Author of Roman Antiquities, Volume II, Books 3-4, Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Critical Essays, Volume I. Ancient Orators. Lysias. Isocrates. Isaeus. Demosthenes. Thucydides (Loeb Classical Library No. 465), Roman Antiquities, Volume III, Books V-VI

13. Ammianus Marcellinus

    Author of The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354-378 (Penguin Classics), Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History, Volume II, Books 20-26 (Loeb Classical Library No. 315)

14. Arrian

    Author of The Campaigns of Alexander, Arrian: Anabasis of Alexander, Books I-IV (Loeb Classical Library No. 236), Arrian: Anabasis of Alexander, Books 5-7. Indica. (Loeb Classical Library No. 269)

15. Suetonius

    Author of The Twelve Caesars, SUETONIUS Vol.II The Lives of the Caesars, II: Claudius. Nero. Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. Vespasian. Titus, Domitian. L

16. Sallust

    Author of The Jugurthine War & The Conspiracy of Catiline

17. Thucydides

    Author of The History of the Peloponnesian War

18. Quintus Curtius

    Author of The History of Alexander, Quintus Curtius: History of Alexander, Volume I, Books 1-5 (Loeb Classical Library No. 368)

19. Anthony Richard Birley

    Author of Lives of the Later Caesars: The First Part of the Augustan History, with Newly Compiled Lives of Nerva & Trajan

20. H. H. Scullard

    Author of From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 BC to AD 68