Comparisons

Question 1

Which two historians were in a similar time period and were both military men?

Answer 1

Thucydides and Xenophon - Xenophon also continued Thucydides’ work from 411 onwards.

Question 2

Which two historians both believed that history should be written to better inform the future of the mistakes of the past?

Answer 2

Thucydides and Polybius

Question 3

Which two historians viewed themselves as critical analysists?

Answer 3

Thucydides and Cassius Dio

Question 4

Which historian filled in the gaps of another (specifically the fall of Janus)?

Answer 4

Cassius Dio filled the gaps left by Tacitus - but had his own distinct literary agenda

Question 5

Which historian influenced Sallust?

Answer 5

Thucydides

Question 6

Which historian criticised another as being malicious and a liar?

Answer 6

Plutarch criticised Herodotus

Question 7

Which two pairs of historians were compared by Quintilian?

Answer 7

Herodotus and Livy, Sallust and Thucydides

Question 8

Which two historians were seen as equal in quality by Quintilian?

Answer 8

Sallust and Livy