Ancient historian, classicist, military historian

Barry Strauss

Barry Strauss is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and emeritus professor of humanistic studies at Cornell University. A leading authority on ancient military history and leadership, he has written ten books on ancient history translated into twenty languages, with expertise in Roman military strategy, leadership decision-making, and the structural vulnerabilities that toppled empires.

Known For

Ancient military historyRoman leadership and decision-makingInstitutional collapse and political breakdownComparative lessons from antiquity to modern governance

Canon

Cato the Younger: The Stoic All the Stoics Admired

Curious

Democracies Collapse Incrementally, Not Overnight

Novel

Focus Only on What You Can Control

Canon

Books

■Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire

■The War That Made the Roman Empire

■Ten Caesars

■The Death of Caesar

Episodes

#The Fall Of The Roman Republic Was A WarningJul 18, 2026