Ancient

The Significance of Thermopylae: Why We Ought to Thank the Spartans for the Constitution, Chick-fil-a, and Capitalism

The Spartan victory at the Battle of Thermopylae opened the door for American staples, like Constitution, Chick-fil-a, and capitalism

Book Review: The Persian War in Herodotus

William Shepherd delves into the ancient records of a war whose outcome forever shaped the Western world

Book Review: Crossing the Rubicon

Luca Fezzi relates the momentous era in which Rome transitioned from republic to empire

How the Ottomans Collapsed the Byzantine Empire

The Turkish dynasty rose from the dying embers of another once great empire

Book Review: Rome Resurgent

Peter Heather examines the reign of 6th century Emperor Justinian, who ruled the Western Roman empire for 38 years

Rebellion Rocks the Western Empire

The War List: War, Death, and Taxes

Taxes have led to warfare since ancient times

Outfoxed and Outfought

Troy’s Night of the Horse

What We Learned: from the Battle of Cannae

Genghis Khan’s Secrets of Success

What was Temple Mount like during the Sasanian Empire?

Military History Review: Ancient Wars- Sparta

Military History Book Review: Are We Rome?

The Day Sparta Fell

In 371 bc a brief and violent battle marked the end of Spartan hegemony in ancient Greece

Salonika

The much derided and often forgotten Balkan sideshow would begin as yet another dreary trench stalemate–and end as one of the few brilliant campaigns of World War I