points to remember

• Epics, ballads, and myths are considered as quasi-history.
• Proto-history is a transition between prehistory and ancient history.
• The Greeks were the pioneers of history.
• The Greeks started the historical narrative style of presenting historical accounts.
• Thucydides is called ‘Father of Scientific History’ for his rational approaches.
• Roman historiography was of two types—Annalistic and Monographs.
• The Roman historian, Quintus Fabius Pictor is known as the ‘Founder of Historiography’.
• The Roman style of historiography was based on political and military history.
• The Romans developed the biographical style of writing history.
• The Romans viewed history as moral education.
• The Greeks and the Romans focused on writing history of human struggles and achievements.