For many who suffered through a world history course, the eyes may start to glaze over at the mention of the Peloponnesian War. But the Peloponnesian War is a tragic story of virtue and ambition ...

An earthquake in Sparta in the year 464 BCE started a series of events which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War.

Professor Kagan talked about his book, [The Peloponnesian War], published by Viking. In this lecture, he explored the modern lessons that could be drawn from this conflict between the Greek city ...

For a man so long dead, Thucydides is rarely out of the news. A recent Politico article discusses the influence of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War on the Trump White House, with reference to ...

As populism reemerges, Thucydides’s insights into the power of words to influence public sentiments remain acutely up-to-date.

The History Of The Peloponnesian War Ep. 1/5 - Thucydides: ‘My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever.’ ...

Pundits desperately in search of profundity make vague historical allusions to the Peloponnesian War to advance an argument about the current state of foreign policy.

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...