Why Ancient Roman Concrete Is So Strong
A rare chemical reaction strengthens it even today—and that could help threatened coastal communities
The politics of fire: from Ancient Rome and San Francisco to Grenfell Tower
Throughout history, devastating fires have sparked crises in the status quo. And like the Grenfell Tower blaze, they reveal much...
New studies of ancient concrete could teach us to do as the Romans did
Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley experiments show how natural chemistry strengthened ancient concrete.
Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history
This May, Greece’s parliament passed yet another austerity bill in the hopes of securing more European debt relief. For nearly...
Can an Ancient Greek Win America's Wars?
A Q&A with Fred and Kimberly Kagan on the hottest book in the Trump inner circle: Thucydides' "History of the...
Perspective | The good, the bad and the ugly aspects of Thucydides in the Trump administration
The White House is interested in Thucydides. Uh-oh.
Steve Bannon Boasts About His Love of Thucydides for All the Wrong Reasons
Bannon was moved enough by the text, we are told, to begin using Sparta as a password.
Why the White House Is Reading Greek History
The Trump team is obsessing over Thucydides, the ancient historian who wrote a seminal tract on war.
For centuries European aristocrats proudly claimed foreign ancestry
Much of Western history involved European aristocrats claiming foreign ancestry in order to claim legitimacy in their power and in...
Voluntary taxation: a lesson from the Ancient Greeks
Imagine a progressive tax – in other words, a tax that falls on those most able to pay; a tax...