The writing of history was also studied by the ancient authors. The relationship between history and
literature, discussed in many contemporary researches, can be analyzed from different angles when
you add the reflections of classical authors, Greek and Roman, who produced works in which we percieve the concern for the art of the good writing. Persuasion, beauty and verisimilitud were characteristics taht defined the writing of prose and poetry in Classical Antiquity and remain important in the current discussion about the historical knowledge, as we seek to show in this article.
