ANTIQUITAS

Barry Strauss

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ANTIQUITAS: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World, tells the stories of the deeds, crimes, miseries, and glories of the great men and women of Greece and Rome (and beyond). Your host is bestselling historian Barry Strauss.

2023-06-28

How to Win a War? Ask Clausewtiz

When we talk about war today, we are speaking the language of Clausewitz, whether we know it or not. He is the most influential and perhaps the most profound of military thinkers, but he is often misunderstood. Let's get to know him better.

37 min
2023-06-14

How to Win a War? Ask Sun Tzu

The great ancient Chinese military theorist, Sun Tzu, is the master of the indirect way of war. His work, The Art of War, still speaks to us today.

50 min
2023-06-01

How to Win a War? Ask Thucydides

The great ancient Greek historian and theorist still has a lot to teach us about war, strategy, and democracy. "The future is likely to resemble the past," Thucydides wrote, claiming that "my work is a possession for all time." Was he right? Join me, and you can decide.

56 min
2022-04-11

Love and Sex and the Roman Emperors

The emperors Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus all had career-defining love affairs outside the elite of Roman Italy. Here are their stories.

38 min
2022-03-14

Mothers, Sons, & Roman Emperors

The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.

44 min
2022-02-23

War and Peace and the Roman Emperors

How peaceful was the Roman Peace - the famous PAX ROMANA? Join me in a look at three great emperors and find out.

45 min
2019-12-12

Teutoburg Forest

"Give me back my legions!" cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome's crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.

34 min
2019-12-10

Greece: History, Myth, and Music in the Land of the Gods

Let's discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to Actium via magical Epirus.

17 min
2019-12-08

Actium

Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian fought for control of the Roman Empire at Actium. We tell the story.

38 min
2019-11-28

Pharsalus

Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.

40 min

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ANTIQUITAS: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World, tells the stories of the deeds, crimes, miseries, and glories of the great men and women of Greece and Rome (and beyond). Your host is bestselling historian Barry Strauss.

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Barry Strauss
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2018 - 2023
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