<P> Thucydides ( / θj uː ˈsɪdɪdiːz / ; Greek : Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs ( thuːkydídɛːs ) ; c. 460 -- c. 400 BC ) was an Athenian historian and general . His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth - century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC . Thucydides has been dubbed the father of `` scientific history '' by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence - gathering and analysis of cause and effect , without reference to intervention by the deities , as outlined in his introduction to his work . </P>
<P> Thucydides ( / θj uː ˈsɪdɪdiːz / ; Greek : Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs ( thuːkydídɛːs ) ; c. 460 -- c. 400 BC ) was an Athenian historian and general . His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth - century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC . Thucydides has been dubbed the father of `` scientific history '' by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence - gathering and analysis of cause and effect , without reference to intervention by the deities , as outlined in his introduction to his work . </P>
who believed science should be brought to bear in writing history
who believed science should be brought to bear in writing history
Thucydides
Thucydides