| Histories | Oldest Manuscripts | Number Surviving |
|---|---|---|
| Livy 59b.c.–a.d. 17 | 4th centurya.d. | 27 |
| Tacitus a.d.56–120 | 9th centurya.d. | 3 |
| Suetoniusa.d. 69–140 | 9th centurya.d. | 200+ |
| Thucydides 460–400b.c. | 1st centurya.d. | 20 |
| Herodotus 484–425b.c. | 1st centurya.d. | 75 |
| New Testament | c. 100–150a.d. | c. 5,700 (counting only Greek manuscripts) plus more than 10,000 in Latin, and more than a million quotations from the church fathers, etc. |