Författare: Barry Strauss

As history’s first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, fr …

The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who started a prison breakout with 74 men, armed with ki …

A brilliant and dramatic account of the most famous naval battle of the ancient world, coupled with an in-depth analysis of the diverse Persian empire and the birth of the Athenian empire.On a late S …

The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer’s Iliad, one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based o …

As history”s first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, f …

As history”s first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, f …

Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problem …

Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problem …

An authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellio …

Bestselling author and historian Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefie …

In this story of the most famous assassination in history, the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly (The Wall Street Journal).Julius Caesar was stabbed to dea …

Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers ’;an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empiremuch of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones’ (The Wall Street Journal)a …

A ’;splendid’ (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the f …

Es war eine der größten Seeschlachten der Antike und ein entscheidender Wendepunkt der Weltgeschichte. Mehr als 600 Schiffe, fast 200 000 Männer und eine Frau kämpften vor der griechischen Hafenstadt …

Es war eine der größten Seeschlachten der Antike und ein entscheidender Wendepunkt der Weltgeschichte. Mehr als 600 Schiffe, fast 200 000 Männer und eine Frau kämpften vor der griechischen Hafenstadt …