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He is mostly reliable as a source of information but this should be checked against other sources. He is prone to exaggeration (eg his description of the Persian army which invaded Greece gives the total levy of the Persian Empire at over two million soldiers, whereas probably only a tenth of that was selected to form the invasion force - so the gross numbers were correct, but he doesn't define those who actually went. Similarly his Persian fleet of 1200 was correct, but only the best 600 actually were used).

The real problem is that the other historians who covered the period were much more unreliable than he was.

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mostly. some of the things he reported on is true (as he probably was there). while other things are probably fabrication

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