The Twitter Herodotus

About the Project

Having written my History of the Persian Wars at considerable length I have decided to produce an abbreviated version of it, a "Twitter Herodotus" for the modern age: one 140-character tweet per day, one tweet (I anticipate) per section.

The project, begun on October 29, 2010, will take almost five years to complete. I should be posting the final tweet in January of 2015. You can follow the posts here or subscribe via RSS, Twitter or Facebook.

READING HERODOTUS A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History
By Debra Hamel
	"Hamel presents Herodotus and his material in an original, illuminating, and entertaining way. By leading the reader through Herodotus’s text from beginning to end, the book provides an accessible introduction both to Herodotus and to an exciting period of Greek history, which culminates in the Persian Wars." -- Timothy E. Duff, University of Reading paperback \| Kindle \| hardcover (US) paperback \| hardcover (UK)

	6.50 Cleomenes, the Spartan king, crossed to Aegina to arrest people, but they opposed him, per the advice of Demaratus, Spartan king #2.
	Posted on 05-24-13 \| Permalink

	6.49 Of the Greeks, some on the mainland submitted, and all the islands, including Aegina. The Athenians complained to Sparta about Aegina.
	Posted on 05-23-13 \| Permalink

	6.48 Darius sent heralds throughout Greece to demand earth & water. He sent others to his coastal cities bidding them to construct warships.
	Posted on 05-22-13 \| Permalink

	6.47 I've seen their gold mines. The most impressive are the ones on the east coast, which the Phoenicians discovered.
	Posted on 05-21-13 \| Permalink

	6.46 The next year Darius bid the Thasians pull down their walls and bring their ships to Abdera. The Thasians earned $$$ from gold mines.
	Posted on 05-20-13 \| Permalink

	6.45 His army was attacked by the Thracian Brygi. Many were killed. Mardonius was wounded. He conquered the Brygi and returned to Asia.
	Posted on 05-19-13 \| Permalink

	6.44 His forces conquered Thasos and Macedon, but his fleet was destroyed when trying to round Athos.
	Posted on 05-18-13 \| Permalink

	6.43 In the spring Darius' son-in-law Mardonius established democracies in Ionia, then crossed the Hellespont, headed for Eretria & Athens.
	Posted on 05-17-13 \| Permalink

	6.42 For the rest of that year [493] the Persians refrained from further conquest. They organized Ionia into districts for tax purposes.
	Posted on 05-16-13 \| Permalink

	6.41 When Miltiades heard the Persians were near, he left for Athens w/5 ships. 4 made it, but the 5th, commanded by M's son, was captured.
	Posted on 05-15-13 \| Permalink

	6.40 This Miltiades, the son of Cimon, was driven out of the Chersonese at one point by the Scythians, but he later returned.
	Posted on 05-14-13 \| Permalink

	6.39 Stesagoras' bro Miltiades #2 inherited the tyranny. He imprisoned the bigwigs of the area & married the daughter of the Thracian king.
	Posted on 05-13-13 \| Permalink

	6.38 Miltiades #1 died childless, & left his tyranny to his half-brother's son Stesagoras. He also died childless, hit in the head w/an axe.
	Posted on 05-12-13 \| Permalink

	6.37 Miltiades #1 was taken captive by the Lampsacenes in a war, but Croesus of Lydia threatened them and made them release him.
	Posted on 05-11-13 \| Permalink

	6.36 Delphi told him to go for it, so Miltiades #1 took some Athenians & settled in the Chersonese, walling off its neck to stop invaders.
	Posted on 05-10-13 \| Permalink