Barry Strauss

Barry Strauss is the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies at Cornell University, Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and author of the new book THE WAR THAT MADE THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium (Simon & Schuster)

Commentators including Shakespeare have for centuries used the battle of Actium as a reason to unfairly malign the Queen of Egypt.

Barry Strauss

Americans are notoriously ignorant of history, even their own, and while there’s nothing new about this indifference, the consequences are profound.

Barry Strauss

Almost 3,000 years after it was founded, Rome still symbolizes the soul of the West. If you don’t believe it, ask ISIS, which wants to blow it up.

Barry Strauss