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 ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

A tough military society, Sparta had its own secret service, the Crypteia, specially trained young men for covert operations ...