The Athenian historian Thucydides (c.460-c.395 BCE) claimed that his account of the Peloponnesian War would be ‘a possession for ever’, valued by posterity more than by his contemporaries. The history ...

Last month at War on the Rocks, Marine War College professor Jim Lacey held forth on how to teach Thucydides. Read the whole thing and hurry back! Let’s congratulate Professor Lacey for raising ...

Professor J. B. Bury, M.A., Litt, D., LL.D., Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, will lecture on "Thucydides" in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum this evening at ...

Professor John B. Bury, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University, delivered a remarkably interesting lecture on "Thucydides" last evening in the Lecture Room of ...

Thucydides, who chronicled the Peloponnesian War that shook the classical world, believed that behind the specific events that lead to war lie deeper, structural stresses. It is fear, honor and ...

In the conflict between Athens and Sparta, the Melians tried in vain to maintain their neutrality. As Thucydides apprises us, the Athenians were rather blunt about the issue: “Right, as the world goes ...

Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse during a battle of the Peloponnesian War, from Cassell's 'Universal History,' published in 1888. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Thucydides, the ancient Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, has long been considered the father of both scientific history and political realism. But how extensive is ...

Last month at War on the Rocks, Marine War College professor Jim Lacey held forth on how to teach Thucydides. Read the whole thing and hurry back! Let’s congratulate Professor Lacey for raising ...