Herodotus

Q. Herodotus was the first historian.

1. True
2. False

Q. Herodotus was a Roman historian.

1. True
2. False

Q. What event did Herodotus record?

1. The Greco-Persian wars
2. The Sicilian wars
3. The Liberators' civil war
4. The Peloponnesian war

Q. Who is regarded as the "Father of History"?

1. Aristotle
2. Sophocles
3. Hippocrates
4. Herodotus

Q. Who was Herodotus?

1. A Roman historian
2. A German historian
3. A Greek historian
4. A Persian historian

Q. Why was Herodotus called as the "Father of History"?

1. Because he wrote a book.
2. Because he inquired about the Greco-Persian wars.
3. Because he was the first historian to systematically record the events that happened.
4. Because he was interested in history.

Q. Herodotus wrote about the origins of which war in his book, The Histories?

1. War between the Romans and the Italians
2. War between the Greeks and the Persians
3. War between the Greeks and the Romans
4. War between the Italians and the Persians

Q. Who was the first true historian?

1. Tacitus
2. Thucydides
3. Xenophon
4. Herodotus

Q. Herodotus is often known as the first historian. But a lot of his accounts are considered false and inaccurate.

1. False
2. True

Q. Herodotus was a Roman historian.

1. True
2. False