Likely because The Histories was the widest - ranging attempt to document past events that had been undertaken up to that time, the Latin writer Cicero (106 - 43 B.C.E.) called Herodotus the Father of History.
اطلق الكاتب اللاتيني شيشرون (‏ ١٠٦ -‏ ٤٣ ق‌م )‏ على هيرودوتس لقب « ابو التاريخ » .‏