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Barry Strauss

Barry Strauss
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Barry Strauss

Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics at Cornell University, is a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written or edited several books, including The Trojan War, The Battle of Salamis, and The Spartacus War. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

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The Independent, January 5, 2012
...by Harry Sidebottom, 'Friend or Foe' by Michael Morpurgo – and I'm re-reading 'The Spartacus War' by Barry Strauss. I'm ashamed that I hadn't read 'War Horse' before I saw it in the theatre but now I'm a huge fan of Morpurgo's books –...
Wall Street Journal Online, February 18, 2011
...historian's sensibility and has delved deeply into the ancient sources and modern scholarship. The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss. An outstanding military historian revisits a famous slave rebellion and its gladiator leader. Spartacus time and again...
rogueclassicism, August 12, 2011
...the posts that turned up in my RSS reader yesterday: The Man and the Mith August 10, 2011 Barry Strauss Round-Up: August 11 August 11, 2011  (Laura Gibbs) Greatest and Highest of Gods August 11, 2011 Michael Gilleland UNESCO report August 11, 2011 (Jo...
rogueclassicism, August 3, 2011
...& the Value of Classics August 2, 2011 Dr Jonathan Eaton Doing the Hannibal Haul August 2, 2011 Barry Strauss Down the Roman Road: Part III August 3, 2011 Mark A. Keith Round-Up: August 3 August 3, 2011 laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) Cultural...