The ‘Father of History’ and India in the British empire

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🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Professor Paul Cartledge reflects on the work of the Greek author Herodotus, who was born 2,500 years ago and is regarded as the first historian. Meanwhile, we catch-up with Dr Jon Wilson to discuss some of the big questions around the Raj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.2	He puts in his mouth this saying that in peace, sons bury their fathers.
0:51.2	That is the normal natural order of events.
0:55.0	But in war, fathers bury their sons. That was Paul Cartlidge on the works of the historian Herodotus.
1:00.0	The British Empire that we criticise or defend is not what we think it is.
1:04.0	It isn't this got a massive, huge, effective system of government.
1:08.0	It's much more chaotic.
1:09.0	And that was John Wilson, talking about India and the British Empire.
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