The Histories (Herodotus, ~430 BCE)
490 BCE · Resource
Herodotus' foundational account of the Greco-Persian Wars — the founding work of Western historiography.
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Around 490 BCE
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Parthenon (447 BCE)