Strauss, Barry Stuart

Content Description The Barry Strauss papers document the teaching, research, and administrative activities of Barry S. Strauss (born in 1953), dating from 1976 to 2021. Papers contain his teaching material on ancient Greek, Roman and military history, divided by courses, with related notes, syllabi, exams, course evaluations, and more, as well as his handwritten and typed notes on his lectures, along with photocopies of associated articles. His manuscripts and research files encompass the research for various...

Scope and Contents What can leaders from the Roman Empire teach us? And in what ways is the Roman Empire still alive and well today? In a Chats in the Stacks book talk, Barry Strauss discusses his new book Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine (Simon & Schuster, 2019). The Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies in the Departments of History and Classics, Strauss also profiles influential women—including Augustus’s wife Livia and Constantine’s mother Helena—while...