In Herodotus’ The History, Herodotus states the purpose of his writing as giving a report to the reason for why the Greeks and Persians went to war. After briefly reporting an account from Persian scholars, Herodotus notes that he neither believes or disbelieves the account. Instead, he rather finds fault with the man that he thinks first wronged the Greeks, Croesus of Lydia. Croesus, after succeeding his father in the rulership of Lydia, subdued and ruled the Greek city-states of Western Asia Minor. But the Greek cities were not enough for him; he wanted more territory under his command. So Croesus advanced into the territory, controlled by the Persian empire, under Cyrus’ rule, not only for more land but also as vengeance on Cyrus, on behalf
