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'''Thucydides''' (455-400 B.C.) was the first scientific historian in ancient Greece. He is famous for writing the [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first full work of historical analysis. | '''Thucydides''' (455-400 B.C.) was the first scientific historian in ancient Greece. He is famous for writing the [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first full work of historical analysis. | ||
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| + | Thucydides was himself a participant in the Peloponnesian War. He was exiled from Athens during the war. | ||
[[Category:Historians]] | [[Category:Historians]] | ||
[[Category:Ancient Greece]] | [[Category:Ancient Greece]] | ||
[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]] | [[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]] | ||
Revision as of 16:50, September 3, 2007
Thucydides (455-400 B.C.) was the first scientific historian in ancient Greece. He is famous for writing the History of the Peloponnesian War, the first full work of historical analysis.
Thucydides was himself a participant in the Peloponnesian War. He was exiled from Athens during the war.