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Herodotus

Where was Herodotus born?

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Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. — Herodotus Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.

Herodotus was born in Halicarnassus, a Greek city located in southwest Asia Minor (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey), which was under Persian rule at the time. While the exact date of his birth is uncertain, it is generally believed to be around 484 BCE.1