The Histories by Herodotus??

Question

What is this book about exactly?

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Answer 1

Herodotus was one of the world's first historians. His "Histories" gave accounts of what happened in his time in the places he could get to - Greece, Italy, the Middle East.

And yes, part of it is the basis for "300" - he's the historian who covered the battle of Thermopylae.