Pliny the Younger is another important historian who described the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. A Herodotus lived in the fifth century B. C., and wrote the history of Athens. Herodotus was a Greek historian and explained how the Parthenon was built. Herodotus lived in Athens, Greece, and is credited as the first historian. Herodotus was an ancient historian and wrote mostly about Greek wars. B C D