• Aristeas, Letter to Philocrates
  A fanciful account of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek
• Athenaeus, Deipnosophists
  A compilation of table talk, full of information about life in ancient Greece
• Cicero, Brutus
  Candid descriptions of the leading Roman orators, down to the time of Cicero
• Cicero, Letters to and from Cassius
  Letters sent before and after the assassination of Caesar
• Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers :
  Book 7 (life of Zenon) and Book 10 (life of Epicurus)
• Ennius, Annales
  Fragments from an epic poem, describing the early history of Rome
• † Eusebius: Chronicle
  Here Eusebius presents the evidence for the dates in his chronological tables
• † Excerpta Latina Barbari - pages 32A - 36B, 44A, 46A - 55A
  An eccentric chronicle, dating from about 500 A.D.
• † Exsuperantius
  A very short history of the period 107 to 72 B.C.
• † Extracts from Other Authors
  Galen on the library at Alexandria, Callimachus on the Telchines
• † Fasti Capitolini
  A list of the consuls and other Roman magistrates for each year
• † Fasti Triumphales
  A list of Roman Triumphs, down to the reign of Augustus
• † Granius Licinianus
  Parts of a History of Rome, describing various events from 163 B.C. onwards.
• † Greek Chronicles
  Chronicon Paschale, Chronographeion Syntomon, Malalas, etc.
• † Greek Historians
  Fragments of Arrianus, Philochorus, Poseidonius etc.
• † St. Jerome ( Hieronymus ): Chronological Tables - Olympiads 111 to 203
  The fullest ancient chronicle, based on Eusebius' chronological tables
• Josephus, Jewish Antiquities :
  A long history of the Jews: books 12,   13,   14,   & part of book 20
• Josephus, Jewish War :
  A history of the Jews from 170 B.C. onwards:   book 1
• Julian, The Caesars
  A short comic sketch, describing a contest between the Roman emperors
• Julian, Misopogon
  A satirical account of the emperor Julian's stay in the city of Antioch
• Justinus: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' histories
  A history of the world, with an emphasis on Hellenistic history
• † Lives of the Hellenistic poets
  Short lives of Apollonius, Aratus, Lycophron, Menander and Theocritus
• Lucian, Long Lives (Macrobii)
  A catalogue of famous men who lived to a ripe old age
• 3rd Book of Maccabees
  The Jews escape from persecution by the Egyptian king, in 217 B.C.
• 4th Book of Maccabees
  Two episodes in the persecution of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes
• Megillat Taanit (Scroll of Fasts)
  A list of 35 memorable days in Jewish history
• † Memnon: History of Heracleia
  A local history, containing much unique material
• Cornelius Nepos, Life of Atticus
  A life of Cicero's friend, mostly written during his lifetime
• Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus
  Excerpts from a biography of Augustus, up to the year 44 B.C.
• Plutarch, Greek Lives
  Illustrious Greeks of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.
• Plutarch, Lives of the Ten Orators
  Athenian orators, most of whom lived in the 4th century B.C.
• Plutarch, Sayings of kings and commanders
  A varied collection of sayings, attributed to famous Greeks and Romans
• Polyaenus: Stratagems
  Hundreds of stories of how Greek and Roman generals outwitted their enemies
• † Porphyrius: Comments on the book of Daniel - FGrH_260
  An attempt to explain Daniel by reference to Hellenistic history
• † Sallust (Sallustius Crispus): Histories
  Fragments of a detailed history of the Roman world from 78 to 67 B.C.
• † Scholia Bobiensia
  Extracts from an ancient commentary on the speeches of Cicero

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