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Herodotus was a Greek who lived during the classical age. Usually reffered to as the father of history. He was the first historian to ask people about the history and then wrote history on it. He wrote the history of the Persian Wars. He lived from 484 to 425 BC. He wrote nine books that were split up into sections. These sections were called the Cyrus, the Cambyses, the Darius, and the Xerxes. His history was known to be read during the games at Olympia..

Thucydides was a man who wanted the facts of history not just opinions. He lived from 460-395 BC. He was the author who wrote down the history of the Peloponissian War. He also lived in the classical period of time. He was competing against Herodotus to get the best kind of history

Livy is a Roman Historian. Lives during the time of emperor Agustus. HE writes history from Romlulus and Reamus all the way up to his history. Book 21 of Livy's history is where we get the Punic Wars and Hannibal. He lived from 59 BC to 17 AD. His only surviving work is the "History of Rome".



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