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330: Herodotus: The Birth of History
The Rest Is History
Herodotus's Struggle Military History
Most of what we know about the narrative history of pre-classical Greece derives from Herodotus. He focuses particularly on Athens and Sparta because they will play key role in defence against Persian invasion. And then you have the details of the wars themselves, which are thrilling and stirring. No one has made a Hollywood film about anything that Thucydides wrote,. but they hadn't 300 would be unthinkable without Herodotus."
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