The term “historiography” (from Greek historía, “history,” and gráphein, “to write”) first occurs in the 1st century CE in a gloss on a work of Josephus Flavius (Contra Apionem 1,134) and in a 4th-century treatise by Bishop Eustathios of Antioch. It is likely that the term originated with Greek teachers of rhetoric who wished to emphasize that historical discussions must be organized according to the rules of lite…