We don't have synonyms for annalists yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are annalist, annalistic and analysts.
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Annalists (from Latin annus, year; hence annales, sc. libri, annual records), were a class of writers on Roman history, the period of whose literary activity lasted from the time of the Second Punic War to that of Sulla.
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Annalists (from Latin annus, year; hence annales, sc. libri, annual records), were a class of writers on Roman history, the period of whose literary activity lasted from the time of the Second Punic War to that of Sulla.