Question
This historian criticized Timaeus of Tauromenium for making inaccurate judgments of eyewitness testimony included in his historical works. This historian claimed that a commonwealth was united by a “scrupulous fear of the gods.” This historian claimed that Cleoxenus and Democleitus invented a fire-signaling technique to communicate individual letters, known as this historian’s “square.” This was the first historian to record the story of a young (*) Hannibal Barca placing his hand on a sacrificed animal and swearing never to be friends with Rome. In Book VI of his most famous work, this historian claimed that the Romans were pre-eminent due to their adoption of a mixed constitution. This historian theorized that governments cycle between “basic” and “degenerate” forms such as monarchy and tyranny. For 10 points, name this Greek historian and author of the Histories. ■END■
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Arjun Vijaykumar | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 56 | 15 |
Eric Mukherjee | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 56 | -5 |
John Chen | UBC | Thompson et al. | 124 | -5 |
Munir Siddiqui | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 134 | 0 |
Conor Thompson | Thompson et al. | UBC | 134 | 0 |