| Authors/composers or literary works | Approximate date original written or composed | Approximate date of earliest copy still in existence | Time span (from original to first copy) | Known numbers of first copy |
| Homers Iliad | 900 B.C. | 400 B.C. | 500 yrs | 643 |
| Aristotle | 350 B.C. | A.D. 1100 | 1,450 yrs | 49 |
| Plato | 400 B.C. | A.D. 900 | 1,300 yrs | 7 |
| Caeser | 50 B.C. | A.D. 900 | 950 yrs | 10 |
| Tacitus | A.D. 100 | A.D. 1100 | 1,000 yrs | 20 |
| New Testament | A.D. 40-100 | A.D. 125 | 85-25 yrs | over 24,000 |
Monday, 27 January 2014
Authorship of ancient texts
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