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

Among all the city-states of Classical Greece, the most famous are certainly Athens and Sparta. Sometimes allies, often enemies, despite their shared language and culture, these two could not have ...

Athens v. Sparta is exactly what the title suggests: a history of the Peloponnesian War of 431-404BC. Conceived and created by Charlie Roadman of locals F for Fake, the album sets narration by Hyde ...

The recent election gives us yet another reason to examine the history of Athens, the first known democracy of the world. Specifically relevant is the period during the Peloponnesian war when the ...

It is a scandal worthy of Suetonius that A-Level ancient history has been proscribed in English schools. May the gods reward such a barbaric act of bureaucratic hubris with appropriate nemesis. In the ...

DEMONSTRATORS outside Parliament rarely wear togas and brandish placards written in classical Greek. They did this week. The reason was a decision by education bureaucrats to drop a national history ...