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Barry Strauss is Professor of History, Cornell University.

In 2012 Prof. Strauss was named an Honorary Citizen of Salamis, Greece in recognition of his book, The Battle of Salamis.

Recent Posts

  • I Blog the Finale of Starz’s “Spartacus” for the Wall Street Journal Online
  • The Unbelievable (Mostly) Untold Story of Spartacus’s Wife
  • Spartacus Lecture, Rome, Italy, April 17
  • Lecture at the Getty Villa, April 4, 2013
  • Obama, Israel, and the Ides of March
  • The biggest loser
  • In Italy, Politics is Just Show Business
  • My take on Cato for City Journal and RealClearPolitics
  • MEN’S HEALTH Quotes me on Spartacus
  • Bloomberg: Masters of Command one of Best Books of 2012

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Spartacus

April 17, 2013

I Blog the Finale of Starz’s “Spartacus” for the Wall Street Journal Online 1

by Barry Strauss • Spartacus • Tags: Ronald Reagan, Spartacus Series Finale, Spartacus: War of the Damned, Starz, The Spartacus War, Vladimir Lenin

Did “Spartacus” Get the Legend Right?

April 8, 2013

The Unbelievable (Mostly) Untold Story of Spartacus’s Wife 0

by Barry Strauss • Spartacus • Tags: Crassus, Plutarch, Spartacus, Spartacus: War of the Damned, Starz

Wall Street Journal Online, April 5: The Unbelievable (Mostly) Untold Story of Spartacus’s Wife

March 19, 2013

Spartacus Lecture, Rome, Italy, April 17 0

by Barry Strauss • Spartacus

Spartacus – the Man, the Myth, the Legacy

March 5, 2013

In Italy, Politics is Just Show Business 0

by Barry Strauss • Masters of Command, Spartacus • Tags: Berlusconi, Bersani, Grillo, Italy, Monti, Renzi

In Italy, Politics is Just Show Business

January 20, 2013

MEN’S HEALTH Quotes me on Spartacus 0

by Barry Strauss • Spartacus

They quote me extensively in their February 2013 article on the “Spartacus Workout.” Here is a sample: http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/liam-mcintyre-spartacus-workout/page/3

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