herodotus
...els, he visited Athens, and then three years later he settled in a colony called Thurii (southern Italy). It was there that he spent the rest of his life completing his great work, History, which in Greek means and Roman historiographical tradition. He in many ways affected our present day world, mainly by his contributions of his writings. His writings, although sometimes inaccurate, have formed a foundation that some of the writers of today follow. His writings, however, were somewhat biased, and came from his perspective; therefore, we also learn to write without bias. Also in his writings, we learn about the events that happened in the ancient world. I believe that this was the greatest contribution of Herodotus. His research and travels taught him a lot of things that he placed into his magnificent History, and from that, we learn much about the ancient world. inaccurate, have formed a foundation that ...