John Calvin and his followers transformed the city of Geneva into

theocracy.

Calvin’s attempts to establish a theocracy in Geneva with the government as the guardian over things both civil and spiritual,

herodotus taught this. herodotus was an ancient greek historian who was born in halicarnassus in the persian empire. he is known for having written the book the histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the greco-persian wars.