Histories

Histories

Histories or, in Latin, Historiae is the name of several works from Antiquity:

* The Histories of Herodotus, by Herodotus
* "The Histories", by Timaeus of Tauromenium
* "Histories", by Polybius
* "Histories", by Tacitus
* "Natural History" ("Naturalis Historiae"), by Pliny the Elder

Histories may also refer to:

*Histories, an early term for the then emerging novel
*"Histories", 10th episode in season 1 of "House" TV series
*Horrible Histories, a series of children's books written by Terry Deary


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