In the shadow of Sarajevo, the wealthy allegedly paid to hunt innocent people and the sickening trend could be more ...

Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

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

Sparta’s Feztival of Trees kicked off Nov. 17 at the Masonic Lodge on North Court Street in Sparta with a record number of ...

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

In Washington, a decade of rancorous polarization just gave us the longest ever government shutdown. But one belief has ...

Washington National Cathedral hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and ...

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

After one more year with the Blue Jackets, Vyborny returned home to play six more seasons in Czechia, where his international ...

A couple of years ago, I read “Destined for War,” which explored whether conflict between China and America is indeed ...

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