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Rome's Patrician Republic
Jun 20, 2024By 450 BC, the Roman Republic was beginning to take on the outlines of a form we recognize, with elected magistrates, a Senate, and written laws. But these were hard times for Rome, and there was no g...
The Birth of the Roman Republic
Jun 13, 2024In 509 BC, the last king of Rome - Tarquinius Superbus - was expelled from the city, and the Republic was born. But what do we actually know about the early years of the Republic? Not much, and what w...
The Greatest Dynasty of Medieval France: Interview with Professor Justine Firnhaber-Baker
Jun 06, 2024It's been a while since Tides of History has gone to the Middle Ages, and a wonderful new book - House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France - provides us with the opportunity to return. Pr...
Sicily, Defeat, and the End of the Athenian Empire
May 30, 2024The Peloponnesian War lasted for nearly 30 years, decades of ceaseless battles, sieges, and human misery that covered the whole of Greece. In the end, Athens' fate was decided not in Greece itself but...
Understanding the Alien World of Ancient Greece: Interview with Professor Greg Anderson
May 23, 2024It's often said that the past is a foreign country, where our basic assumptions about how the world is supposed to work don't apply. But what does that mean for the practice of history? Professor Greg...
The Peloponnesian War, Part 1: Plague, Attrition, and a Decade of Bloodshed
May 15, 2024When the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta finally broke out in 431 BC, it was small conflicts on the fringes of the Greek world that pulled the two states into conflict. Thousands upon thou...
The Athenian Empire and the Coming of the Peloponnesian War
May 09, 2024The Peloponnesian War, the epic 30-year conflict between Athens and Sparta for control of Classical Greece, was a long time in coming. In fact, its roots went back to the Persian Wars, when Athens sei...
What Made Classical Greece Special? Interview with Professor Josiah Ober
May 02, 2024We're often told that Classical Greece lies at the root of our modern world in some way, but what made it a special place? Professor Josiah Ober, author of The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece, joins...
Warlords, War, and Society in Early Rome: Interview with Professor Jeremy Armstrong
Apr 25, 2024Rome and war are inseparable topics, but how far back does their connection go? What was war like in the earliest days of the city's rise to prominence? Professor Jeremy Armstrong is an expert on earl...
Classical Greece
Apr 18, 2024We're often told that Greece's Classical period lies at the root of "Western Civilization," but what was actually special about that time and place? Why did it produce so many works of literature, art...