This is a very weird article that encouraged me to unsubscribe. History can encompass documentary history (i.e. the facts, figures and recording of events), critical re-evaluations and the sort of moral education you lionize. If you want to highlight some important elements of moral teaching to learn from ancient Greek and Roman historians, then just write an article about that. Nevermind that I fundamentally disagree with your depiction of ancient writers as "never reckless with the truth" when much of their writing (while explainable) was centrally concerned with documenting the history of the world through a lens of Greek/Roman superiority. There's just no need to take potshots at an entire discipline, especially when that discipline has never been more concerned with questions of power, nuance and reciprocity.