Herodotus
A celebrated Greek historian and the father of history. Born at Halicarnassus, в. c. 484. He ranks among historians as Homer does among the poets and Demosthenes among the orators. His great work is a history of the wars of the Persians against the Greeks, from the age of Cyrus to the battle of Mycale in the reign of Xerxes; besides which it gives an account of many celebrated nations. A life of Homer is attributed to his pen, though by some the authorship is doubted. The excellences of his style consist in its antique and epic coloring, its transparent clearness, and the lively flow of the narrative.
Heruli or Eruli. A powerful German race, who are said to have come originally from Scandinavia, attacked the Roman empire on its decline. Under the command of Odoacer, who is said to have been an Herulian, they destroyed the Western empire, A. D. 476.