Herodotus, Livy, and Thucydides

Herodutus
Herodotus is the Greek man who is called the father of history. He lived from around 484 to 425 B.C. He lived in Halicarnassus but was kicked out when he was thought to have been conspiring against Persian rule. When he left he traveled throughout Asia Minor, Greece, and Egypt. These journeys supplied him with a lot of knowledge of Ancient Middle East. He wrote what is called The History. It's divided into nine books. The first six of books talk about legens and traditions of the people of the ancient world. The last three have to do with the battles between the Greeks and Persians. A lot of what he wrote down came from his own knowledge and the rest from other people.








Livy
Livy is more like a nickname for Titus Livius(59b.c-AD17). He was a Roman historian and he wrote what is called History of Rome, it is one of the basic sources of Ancient Roman literature. History of Rome is an account of the story of Rome starting from when the city first started to 9 b.c. It goes over a series of 142 books. As a Roman when he wrote Rome's history he wrote it as if it was already going to be great. Not all of what he wrote was actually accurate though and he wrote Rome's history as if it was a great novel.












Thucydides


Thucydides (460-400 B.C) was a Greek historian who wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War. Writing the History made him acknowledged as one of the best historians of ancient history. When he wrote about history he did not think about other people's opinions. He wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars as they were happening because he saw that they were very important. This means that History of the Peloponnesian War is a primary source. In 424 B.c. he was asked to command an Athenian fleet, he did not arrive to his destination in time and Amphipolis was captured by Sparta. His failure resulted in him being exiled for 20 years.
















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