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ANTIQUITAS: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World, tells the stories of the deeds, crimes, miseries, and glories of the great men and women of Greece and Rome (and beyond). Your host is bestselling historian Barry Strauss.

Barry Strauss


    • Jun 28, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    How to Win a War? Ask Clausewitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 37:15


    When we talk about war today, we are speaking the language of Clausewitz, whether we know it or not. He is the most influential and perhaps the most profound of military thinkers, but he is often misunderstood. Let's get to know him better.

    How to Win a War? Ask Sun Tzu

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 49:59


    The great ancient Chinese military theorist, Sun Tzu, is the master of the indirect way of war.  His work, The Art of War, still speaks to us today.

    How to Win a War? Ask Thucydides

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 56:18


    The great ancient Greek historian and theorist still has a lot to teach us about war, strategy, and democracy. "The future is likely to resemble the past," Thucydides wrote, claiming that "my work is a possession for all time." Was he right? Join me, and you can decide.

    Episode 4.3: Love and Sex and the Roman Emperors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 37:47


    The emperors Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus all had career-defining love affairs outside the elite of Roman Italy. Here are their stories.

    Episode 4.2: Mothers, Sons, & Roman Emperors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 43:47


    The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.

    Episode 4.1: War and Peace and the Roman Emperors

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 45:14


    How peaceful was the Roman Peace – the famous PAX ROMANA? Join me in a look at three great emperors and find out.

    Episode 3.12: Teutoburg Forest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 34:07


    “Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.

    Episode 3.12: Teutoburg Forest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 34:07


    “Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.

    Episode 3.11: Greece: History, Myth, and Music in the Land of the Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 17:07


    Episode 3.11: Greece: History, Myth, and Music in the Land of the Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 17:07


    Let’s discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to Actium via magical Epirus.

    Episode 3.9: Pharsalus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 39:37


    Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.

    Episode 3.9: Pharsalus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 39:37


    Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.

    Episode 3.8: Zama

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 37:43


    It’s hardly a household word today, but Zama decided the fate of Rome. Join us for the epic battle of two titans, Hannibal and Scipio.

    Episode 3.8: Zama

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 37:43


    It’s hardly a household word today, but Zama decided the fate of Rome. Join us for the epic battle of two titans, Hannibal and Scipio.

    Episode 3.7: Cannae

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 38:09


    Hannibal’s victory at Cannae was one of the most dramatic in history yet ultimately one of the least fruitful. Here’s how it happened.

    Episode 3.7: Cannae

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 38:09


    Hannibal’s victory at Cannae was one of the most dramatic in history yet ultimately one of the least fruitful. Here’s how it happened.

    Episode 3.6: Issus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 34:23


    Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time, at Issus,

    Episode 3.6: Issus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 34:23


    Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time, at Issus,

    Episode 3.5: Granicus River

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 39:08


    Learn how Alexander won his first clash with the Persian army, in a cavalry battle on the banks of a river in what is now northwestern Turkey.

    Episode 3.4: Battle of Salamis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 51:56


    Episode 3.3: Thermopylae and Us, A Conversation with Brett McKay

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 55:30


    We talk to Brett McKay, of The Art of Manliness, about Thermopylae, 300 Spartans, and their meaning for us today.

    Episode 3.2: Thermopylae

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 41:35


    “Go Tell the Spartans” – and what that famous phrase means.

    Episode 3.1: Marathon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 48:26


    What’s the history of the great battle behind the famous race? Join us and find out.

    Episode 2.4: Caesar’s Funeral

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 30:02


    Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears for the real story of Caesar’s Funeral.

    Episode 2:3: The Ides of March

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 35:44


    What really happened in the Roman Senate meeting where Julius Caesar was assassinated? Join me and Dr. Francesco Galassi MD, the distinguished paleopathologist, for a fascinating look at the famous events of March 15, 44 BC.

    Episode 2.2: The Assassins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 36:05


    Who were the men who plotted to kill Caesar and what were their motivations? Join me and classicist Michael Fontaine to find out.

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