Control of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus strait was life and death for ancient Athens. Waterways are no less important – and contentious – today.
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The Theban Sacred Band – made up of ‘lovers and their loves’ came to be known for their strength, discipline, and ferocity.
What did Thucydides really say on this? And what’s Athens and Sparta got to do with the current state of US-China relations?
It’s difficult for regimes to galvanize public opinion or maintain people’s willingness to accept the sacrifices associated with a war waged for questionable reasons.
A scholar of ancient Greek literature goes back to the account of Greek historian Thucydides on the spread of plague and finds parallels in the American response to the health crisis today.
In a recent episode of Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle in the style of the Spartans. It had white city walls — but the real Spartans famously refused to build a wall.
After her win in 396 BC, Kyniska erected a statue of herself, reading: ‘I am the only woman in all Greece who won this crown.’
A historian of ancient Greece looks past a plague and explains how a massive government spending plan went badly awry 2,500 years ago.
Members of the European Research Group are right to compare themselves to ancient Spartan warriors. Behind their combative stance, they seem to have no plan for when the Brexit war is over.
The comparison between ancient Athens and modern China, and Sparta and the US, through the Thucydides Trap, has its limitations.
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Associate Professor of Greek History, The University of Queensland
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McMaster University
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Professor of Ancient Greek History and Greek Archaeology, Penn State
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Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Lancashire
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PhD Candidate in Art History and Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies. Lecturer, Rutgers University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Senior Lecturer, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Honorary Lecturer in History, Australian National University