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name: Theophilus the Historian
name_greek: Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἱστορικός
eul_aid: cgc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/theophilus-the-historian-cgc"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Theophilus the Historian

*Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἱστορικός*

**eul_aid:** `cgc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/theophilus-the-historian-cgc)

Theophilus the Historian, a 4th century BCE Attic prose writer. His surviving historical work. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Italian History](https://eulogikon.org/works/theophilus-italian-history-cgc-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Ἰταλικῆς Ἱστορίας* · `cgc-aa`

## License and provenance

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