history Copy link Outline 1. histŏria (most gen. term)2. mĕmŏria rerum gestarum (records of the past)3. very often expr. by res, res gestae • history: 1. histŏria (most gen. term): at first h. was nothing but the drawing up of annals, initio erat h. nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio, Cic.: (Herodotus) father of h., pater historiae, Cic.: natural h., naturalis h., Plin.: to write or compose h., historiam scribere, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; h. componere, Plin. Ep. 1, 1: Just.: to write a h. of Rome, res Romanas in historiam conferre, Just. pref.: sometimes in pl., Just. l. c.: Gell.: ancient h., *h. antiqua (vetus historia is a story handed down from olden time): modern h., *h. recentior: or perh. better, *recentioris aetatis h.: sacred, profane h., *rerum sacrarum, profanarum h. 2. mĕmŏria rerum gestarum (records of the past): Sall. Jug. 4, init.: ancient h. records that ..., in literis veteribus memoria exstat, Gell. 10, 27, init. 3. very often expr. by res, res gestae: to write a detailed h. of the Roman people, res populi R. perscribere, Liv. pref. init.: to write Roman h. in detached portions, res gestas P. R. carptim scribere, Sall. Cat. 4. Phr.: the remains of ancient h., monumenta antiquitatis, Cic. Sen. 11, 38: it is related in Grecian h., in monumentis Graecae historiae scriptum est, Gell. 10, 17: to write the h. of the reign of Tiberius, principatum Tiberii scribere, Tac. Ann. 1, 1, extr.: Sall. Jug. init.