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Thucydides

460 BC - 397 BC

Thucydides

Thucydides ( thew-SID-ih-deez; Ancient Greek: Θουκυδίδης, romanized: Thoukudídēs [tʰuːkydǐdɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work. Thucydides has been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the political behavior of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by, and constructed upon, fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at universities and military colleges worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thucydides is the 3rd most popular historian (up from 4th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Greece (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Historian.

Thucydides is most famous for writing a history of the Peloponnesian War.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Thucydides ranks 3 out of 561. Before him are Herodotus, and Ibn Khaldun. After him are Sima Qian, Tacitus, Xenophon, Livy, Josephus, Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, Polybius, and Suetonius.

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Herodotus
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 90.06
Rank: 1
Ibn Khaldun
1332 - 1406
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 2
Thucydides
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 3
Sima Qian
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 83.52
Rank: 4
Tacitus
54 - 120
HPI: 82.21
Rank: 5
Xenophon
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 82.05
Rank: 6
Livy
59 BC - 17
HPI: 81.96
Rank: 7
Josephus
37 - 100
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 8
Diodorus Siculus
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.20
Rank: 9
Alexis de Tocqueville
1805 - 1859
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 10
Polybius
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 11
Suetonius
70 - 126
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 460 BC, Thucydides ranks 3. Before him are Hippocrates, and Democritus. After him are Diogenes of Apollonia, Critias, Prodicus, and Verginia. Among people deceased in 397 BC, Thucydides ranks 1.