{"slug": "herodotus", "label": "Herodotus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26825", "qid": "Q26825", "description": "Greek historian and geographer (c.484–c.425 BC)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-677, 136], "span_label": ["678 BCE", "136 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "judea", "label": "Judea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jews", "label": "Jews", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hadrian", "label": "Hadrian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "galilee", "label": "Galilee", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pericles", "label": "Pericles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thurii", "label": "Thurii", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "medes", "label": "Medes", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -677, "year_label": "678 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "According to Herodotus, Ecbatana was chosen as the Medes' capital by Deioces, the first ruler of the Medes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510290#Events", "title": "678 BC", "revid": 1370510290, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -489, "year_label": "490 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Greek historian Herodotus, the main source for the Greco-Persian Wars, mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who runs from Athens to Sparta asking for help, and then runs back, a distance of over 240 kilometres each way. After the battle, he runs back to Athens to spread the news and raise the spirits. It is claimed that his last words before collapsing and dying in Athens are \"Chairete, nikomen\" (\"Rejoice, we are victorious\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129378#Greece", "title": "490 BC", "revid": 1350129378, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -484, "year_label": "485 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Herodotus, Greek historian, is estimated to be born this year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598373#Births", "title": "485 BC", "revid": 1360598373, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -483, "year_label": "484 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Greek historian (approximate date) (died c. 425 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129371#Births", "title": "484 BC", "revid": 1350129371, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -448, "year_label": "449 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Herodotus completes his History, which records the events concerning the Persian War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309703382#Literature", "title": "449 BC", "revid": 1309703382, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -442, "year_label": "443 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Pericles founds the colony of Thurii near the site of the former city of Sybaris, in southern Italy. Its colonists include Herodotus and Lysias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360981312#Italy", "title": "443 BC", "revid": 1360981312, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -424, "year_label": "425 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Herodotus of Halicarnassos, Dorian Greek historian (b. 484 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242238622#Deaths", "title": "425 BC", "revid": 1242238622, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 136, "year_label": "136 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Following the Bar Kokhba revolt, Emperor Hadrian expels the Jews from Judea, and receives a triumphal arch near Scythopolis. The Roman province of Iudaea (plus Galilee) becomes Syria Palaestina (the name Palestine as a designation for this land has been used since at least the 5th century BC (mentioned by Herodotus)).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335665818#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 136", "revid": 1335665818, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}