Chad, Zach, Andrew, Rachel Historians
Herodotus “Father of History” First historian to collect his materials systematically Work is the earliest Greek prose to have survived intact
Thucydides “Father of Scientific History”, also been called the father of the school of political realism Interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behavior in such crises as plague, massacres, as in that of the Melians, and civil war Text is still studied at advanced military colleges worldwide
Xenophon Admirer of Socrates He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and descriptions of life in ancient Greece and the Persian Empire