Welcome to the second episode of my History Quotes series, where I use historical texts to tell the stories of the past. Today I will read an excerpt from the beginning of Herodotus’ The Histories, written in the fifth century bc, where he explains what he believes to be the underlying causes of the Persian Wars. Sources: https://www.scribd.com/book/235608031/Histories Image Sources: https://www.flickr.com/photos/98701585@N02/9413195375 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenician_ship.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgian_States_Colchis_and_Iberia_(600-150BC)-en.svg