| Critical research of Ancient Greek History started in | | | | Orosius, Ancient Greece had only the secondary |
| 19th century but the interest in Ancient Greek | | | | importance. By Augustine of Hippo we can find only |
| History appeared already in the period of late Roman | | | | singular mentions while Orosius dedicated to Ancient |
| Republic and early Roman Empire, immediately after | | | | Greece only first from together seven books. All |
| the fall of the last Hellenistic states. Later interest in | | | | three authors, which had a big influence on history in |
| Ancient Greece started to decline and the last | | | | Middle Ages, put in first place as the main object the |
| extensive antique work, which included a larger | | | | Roman Empire and not the Ancient Greece. |
| context of Ancient Greek History, was the Parallel | | | | In 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 in | | | | History. The cause for such attitude towards History |
| period of late Antique, when Ancient Greece lost its | | | | of Ancient Greece can be found also in the language |
| meaning in a new, Christian world. The Chronicle of | | | | barrier; in West more famous and accessible were |
| Eusebius contains only few informations of important | | | | Roman historians, which did not write about Ancient |
| events from Greek Mythology and History. In the | | | | Greece, while the works of Greek authors were |
| most significant historical (and philosophical) works of | | | | mostly unaccessible or even unknown and neither did |
| late Antique, such as the City of God from Augustine | | | | Byzantine historiography contributed any significant |
| of Hippo and the History against the Pagans from | | | | work about Ancient Greece. |