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Why Ancient Roman Concrete Is So Strong

Why Ancient Roman Concrete Is So Strong

5 July 2017

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

The politics of fire: from Ancient Rome and San Francisco to Grenfell Tower

3 July 2017

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

New studies of ancient concrete could teach us to do as the Romans did

2 July 2017

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley experiments show how natural chemistry strengthened ancient concrete.

Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history

Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history

26 June 2017

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?

Can an Ancient Greek Win America's Wars?

25 June 2017

A Q&A with Fred and Kimberly Kagan on the hottest book in the Trump inner circle: Thucydides' "History of the...

Perspective

Perspective | The good, the bad and the ugly aspects of Thucydides in the Trump administration

22 June 2017

The White House is interested in Thucydides. Uh-oh.

Steve Bannon Boasts About His Love of Thucydides for All the Wrong Reasons

Steve Bannon Boasts About His Love of Thucydides for All the Wrong Reasons

21 June 2017

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

Why the White House Is Reading Greek History

20 June 2017

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

For centuries European aristocrats proudly claimed foreign ancestry

4 June 2017

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

Voluntary taxation: a lesson from the Ancient Greeks

2 June 2017

Imagine a progressive tax – in other words, a tax that falls on those most able to pay; a tax...

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