place_of_death hieronymus of cardia
Hieronymus of Cardia ( Greek :  ) , Greek general and historian from Cardia in Thrace , was a contemporary of ___MASK71___ the Great ( 356 -- 323 BC ) . After the death of ___MASK71___ he followed the fortunes of his friend and fellow - countryman Eumenes . He was wounded and taken prisoner by Antigonus , who pardoned him and appointed him superintendent of the asphalt beds in the Dead ___MASK10___ . He was treated with equal friendliness by Antigonus ' s son Demetrius , who made him polemarch of Thespiae , and by Antigonus Gonatas , at whose court he died at the age of 104 . He wrote a history of the Diadochi and their descendants , embracing the period from the death of ___MASK71___ to the war with Pyrrhus ( 323 -- 272 BC ) , which is one of the chief authorities used by Diodorus Siculus ( xviii . - xx . ) and also by Plutarch in his life of Pyrrhus . He made use of official papers and was careful in his investigation of facts . The simplicity of his style seemingly rendered his work unpopular to people of his time , but modern historians believe it was very good . In the last part of his work he made a praiseworthy attempt to acquaint the Greeks with the character and early history of the Romans . He is reproached by Pausanias ( i . 9 . 8 ) with unfairness towards all rulers with the exception of Antigonus Gonatas . No significant amount of his work survived the end of the ancient world . Like the even more famous lost history of ___MASK71___ by Ptolemy I of Egypt , not one book , not one chapter has seen the light of day . See Lucian , Macrobii , 22 ; Plutarch , Demetrius , 39 ; Diod . Sic . xviii . 42 . 44 . 50 , xix . i 09 ; Dion . Halic . Antiq . Rom . 1 . 6 ; F Brückner , De vita et scriptis Hieronymi Cardii in Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft ( 1842 ) ; F Reuss , Hieronymos von Kardia ( Berlin , 1876 ) ; Charles Wachsmuth , Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte ( 1895 ) ; fragments in C . W . Müller , Frag . hist . Graec . ii . 450 - 461 . A historian is a person who researches , studies , and writes about the past , and is regarded as an authority on it . Historians are concerned with the continuous , methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race ; as well as the study of all history in time . If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history , the individual is a historian of prehistory . Although " historian " can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike , it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline . Some historians , though , are recognized by publications or training and experience . " Historian " became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in ___MASK9___ and elsewhere . ___MASK95___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK95___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK68___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK94___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK95___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK95___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . ___MASK61___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK61___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK3___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Basileus is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in history . In the English - speaking world it is perhaps ___MASK21___ widely understood to mean " king " or " emperor ". The best known use of the title is by the Byzantine emperors , but the title also has a longer history of use by sovereigns and other persons of authority in ancient Greece , as well as for the kings of modern Greece . ___MASK87___ , is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia , Greece , best known as the historical capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great . On the site of the ancient city is the Archaeological Museum of ___MASK87___ . ___MASK71___ III of Macedon ( 20 / 21 July 356 BC  10 / 11 June 323 BC ), commonly known as ___MASK71___ the Great (" Aléxandros ho Mégas " ), was a king (" basileus ") of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty . Born in ___MASK87___ in 356 BC , ___MASK71___ succeeded his father , Philip II , to the throne at the age of twenty . He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa , and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world , stretching from Greece to northwestern India . He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history ' s most successful military commanders .