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Early historians often used information from unverifable sources.
They were alike because both of them were Historians.
Herodotus was widely traveled and wrote about everything. Thucydides wrote only about the Peloponnesian War.
Many modern day historians cite the following ancient historians as the most informative and accurate:1. Tacitus; 2. Herodotus; 3. Polybius; and 4. Thucydides.
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Early historians often used information from unverifable sources.
Early historians often used information from unverifable sources.
Early historians often used information from unverifable sources.
Early historians often used information from unverifable sources.
Herodotus and Thucydides
They were alike because both of them were Historians.
Among the greatest Greek historians are Herodotus and Thucydides. They are some of the most famous historians of Greece.
Well, both Thucydides and Herodotus were great Greek historians in the ancient Greece. So I would assume that either Thucydides or Herodotus would be the greatest historian of all times!
One could argue two different choices: Thucydides or Herodotus. Both men were Greek historians in ancient Greece.
One of the greatest Greek historians was Herodotus. He was a historian that lived from 484 to 425 BC. He was born in Caria.
Unlike Herodotus, Thucydides saw war and politics as the activities of human beings- NOT gods