Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum, Turkey) was an ancient Ionian Greek city in the region of Caria, located on the coast of Anatolia. It is best known as the birthplace of Herodotus (l. c. 484-425/413 BCE), the 'Father of History', and as the site of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 484 BCE - c. 413 BCELife of the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassos.
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c. 430 BCE - 415 BCEThe Histories of Herodotus is published. The work is divided into nine chapters, each dedicated to one of the Muses.
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c. 367 BCE - 350 BCEThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus is built, tomb of Mausolus, ruler of Caria.
