Herodotus · Civilisations
The great political theme of the <em>Histories</em> - why free Greeks defeated the mightiest empire on earth, and what the clash revealed about freedom, law, and tyranny.
You learned that Herodotus saw the Greco-Persian Wars as a clash between freedom and despotism. Explain his argument about why free peoples are stronger, and its tensions, in your own words.
Leads to Montesquieu.
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