• Eusebius: Chronicle
  Here Eusebius presents the evidence for the dates in his chronological tables
• Excerpta Latina Barbari - pages 32A - 36B, 44A, 46A - 52B
  An eccentric chronicle, dating from about 500 A.D.
• Exsuperantius
  A very short history of the period 107 to 72 B.C.
• 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, Phylarchus, Poseidonius etc.
• St. Jerome ( Hieronymus ): Chronological Tables - Olympiads 111 to 203
  The fullest ancient chronicle, based on Eusebius' chronological tables
• 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, Nicander and Theocritus
• 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
• Polyaenus: Stratagems - books 2 to 8
  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

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For a longer list of translations of Greek and Roman authors on the web, see Sources and Abbreviations.

• Aristeas: Letter
  The story of the translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek (the "Septuagint")
• Arrianus: "Alexander" , "After Alexander" , "History of Bithynia"
  Book reviews by the Byzantine scholar Photius, preserving some of the contents of the books
• Eutropius: Breviarium
  A concise history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 364 A.D.
• 1 Maccabees
  The history of the Maccabaean leaders of the Jews, from 175 to 134 B.C.
• 2 Maccabees
  Another account of the Maccabaean leaders of the Jews, from 175 to 160 B.C.
• 3 Maccabees
  The Jews are miraculously saved from Egyptian agression in 217 B.C.
• 4 Maccabees
  A description of Jewish martyrs during Antiochus' persecution
• Nicolaus of Damascus: Life of Augustus
  An almost contemporary account of Augustus' early life
• Pompeius Trogus: Prologi
  A summary of the contents of each book of Pompeius Trogus' history of the world
• Sulpitius Severus: Sacred History - Book II
  Jewish and Christian history up until 400 A.D.
• Tebtunis Papyri (Volume 1)
  Papyrus documents recovered from crocodile mummies, mostly 2nd century B.C.

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