Historical research of Ancient Greece from the late Antique until late Middle Ages

Critical research of Ancient Greek History started inOrosius, Ancient Greece had only the secondary
19th century but the interest in Ancient Greekimportance. By Augustine of Hippo we can find only
History appeared already in the period of late Romansingular mentions while Orosius dedicated to Ancient
Republic and early Roman Empire, immediately afterGreece only first from together seven books. All
the fall of the last Hellenistic states. Later interest inthree authors, which had a big influence on history in
Ancient Greece started to decline and the lastMiddle Ages, put in first place as the main object the
extensive antique work, which included a largerRoman Empire and not the Ancient Greece.
context of Ancient Greek History, was the ParallelIn the period from late Antique until the late Middle
Lives, a series of famous Greeks and Romans,Ages only the interest on Alexander the Great
written by Plutarch in the beginning of 2nd century.existed - as the only theme from Ancient Greek
Interest in Ancient Greece also declined severely inHistory. The cause for such attitude towards History
period of late Antique, when Ancient Greece lost itsof Ancient Greece can be found also in the language
meaning in a new, Christian world. The Chronicle ofbarrier; in West more famous and accessible were
Eusebius contains only few informations of importantRoman historians, which did not write about Ancient
events from Greek Mythology and History. In theGreece, while the works of Greek authors were
most significant historical (and philosophical) works ofmostly unaccessible or even unknown and neither did
late Antique, such as the City of God from AugustineByzantine historiography contributed any significant
of Hippo and the History against the Pagans fromwork about Ancient Greece.