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Herodotus Article

What did Herodotus do?

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In addition to writing, Herodotus traveled widely, visiting a large part of the Persian empire: he went to Egypt, Libya, Syria, Babylonia, Susa in Elam, Lydia, and Phrygia. He journeyed up the Hellespont to Byzantium, visited Thrace and Macedonia, and traveled beyond the Danube to Scythia and as far as the Don River.