The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked ...

Sanctions date back to antiquity, with the "Megarian Decree" issued by Athenian statesman Pericles in 432 BC being the first ...

For instance, bk. 1, chap. 121, sec. 4 of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War would be cited Thuc. 1.121.4. All translations of ancient Greek texts are the author’s unless otherwise noted. 1 ...

In this analysis, Max Boot revisits Graham Allison’s “Thucydides Trap” theory to warn that the US-China trade war could spiral into something far more dangerous. Boot traces historical parallels - ...

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 ...

He burst onto the scene in 425 B.C. during Sparta’s struggle against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, breaking through a large cordon with just 100 men to relieve the beleaguered city of Methone ...

Overall, “Lysistrata” is an empty comedy. Satirical elements regarding the power imbalance between men and women in ancient ...

The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating ...

The political historian Thucydides anticipated the Trump-Zelenskyy conversation in detail in his "History of the Peloponnesian War." The Melians had shown no aggression, but the Athenians needed ...