7 sentences with 'historian'

Example sentences and phrases with the word historian and other words derived from it.

« Two and a half thousand years before Christ, the Greek historian Herodotus outlined a theory that is increasingly relevant today: lever systems and wooden rollers made it possible to move the stone blocks weighing more than 50 tons that form the skeleton of the pyramids. »
« The American historian Howard Raymond claims that the last evidence burned along with the library of Alexandria, a cultural genocide perpetrated - according to him - by the Romans. »
« The Phoenicians travelled further than any other ancient people; sometime around 600 BC, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, a Phoenician expedition even sailed around Africa in the course of three years (if that actually happened, it was an achievement that would not be reached again for nearly 2,000 years). »
« The other great Greek historian of the classical period was the Athenian writer Thucydides (460 - 404 BCE), sometimes considered the true "father" of history writing. »
« The Greek historian Polybius calmly observed at that time in his comprehensive history of the republic that insofar as there was a deliberate intention behind all this cruelty, it was easy to identify: to cause terror. »
« A leading contemporary historian of Rome, W.V. Harris, wisely warns against the temptation of "power worship" in studying Roman history. »
« Following the work of the great 18th century English historian Edward Gibbon, historians frequently refer to the rulers of the Roman Empire that followed the death of Domitian as the "Five Good Emperors", those who successfully managed the Empire at its height. »

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