The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

The Peloponnesian War shows how fear, ambition, and mistrust can escalate into full-scale conflict. Thucydides’ trap helps us ...

Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little ...

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It opens the doors into the nature of the Greeks, their culture, their ...

As the war between Athens and Sparta was beginning, late in the 5th Century B.C., Thucydides, a young Athenian aristocrat, wrote that he had decided to write a history of the conflict because he ...

Total War: Rome 2 fans have a chance to tackle the challenges of the Peloponnesian Wars in the latest campaign DLC. Total War: Rome 2 Wrath of Sparta is a new campaign set in the Hellenic world ...

More Assassin's Creed Odyssey leaks are coming through the pipeline ahead of the game's likely official unveiling at E3. Last night saw the leak of over 15 Assassin's Creed Odyssey screenshots, ...

Ivan Krastev (Opinion, FT Weekend, December 21) notes the consequences of the fall of the Soviet Union and its impact on Europe. In his view, Europe responded to victory with a hubris that left it ...