My Appearance on the John Batchelor Show
I was delighted to be interviewed on THE WAR THAT MADE THE ROMAN EMPIRE by the great John Batchelor. Tune in to the eight podcast episodes!
The War that Made the Roman Empire: An Interview with Barry Strauss
“Can a free society remain afloat? We need to give young people a life preserver, and that means teaching the Classics. Without apology and without fear.” Read this and the rest of my interview in Antigone, the great online Classics journal.
Dan Carlin Podcast on The War That Made the Roman Empire
Hear my conversation with the great Dan Carlin. We covered the Battle of Actium in an episode of Hardcore History Addendum called “A Republic Lost at Sea.”
The War that Made the Roman Empire is “absorbing,” “a richly informative and riveting account”
Read Diana Bentley’s review in Minerva Magazine of The War that Made the Roman Empire.
Love, Betrayal, and the Battle for Rome
The HISTORY Channel’s podcast HISTORY This Week, interviews me on Cleopatra and Actium.
Omens of War from Actium to Ukraine
As early as December 2021, the White House released intelligence findings that a possible invasion was looming. Two weeks before Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February, foreign diplomats began pulling out of Kyiv. The world took these as omens of war. (Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
“… a vivid and entertaining account of world-changing events at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.”
“Barry Strauss’s new book is a fun and exciting examination of the events leading up to and involving the great battle, as well as the fallout afterward.” A review of my The War that Made the Roman Empire by David Kindy on HistoryNet.
Actium – The Book Launch! A Look Back at How it All Began
Join me for my book launch talk this spring in Cornell’s prestigious Chats in the Stack series on The War that Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium.
Actium, Baby!
Barry talks to Ancient History Fangirl. Join us as we deconstruct this battle, paint a vivid picture of ancient war at sea, and tackle the one question everyone’s asking: why did Cleopatra flee the battlefield?
A Fresh Take on Why Octavian Won the War Against Antony and Cleopatra
Ars Technica chats with historian Barry Strauss about his new book, The War that Made the Roman Empire.
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