Herodotus and Thucydides were both historians of their time. Herodotus was well known for his work because of the variety of evidence he gathered, Cicero even naming him “father of history”. Thucydides took a more scholarly approach to his writings because he wanted his version of history to be of use to future generations. These two historians took a different approach and point of view on writing their version of events. Herodotus, with an Ionian background, traveled around taking into account his experiences and listened to oral traditions of events that were not always factual. All information was collected and had some sort of significance although he didn’t write in any sort of order. He allowed gossip, superstition & rumors to be
