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Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 6

14th March 2021 1642again 2153 Comments

The Twin Battles of Mantinea and Cynossema, and Series Conclusion In this final article of the Series, I want to discuss another of Thucydides’ apparent pairs of events – the Battles of Mantinea (late 418 [more…]

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Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 5

28th February 2021 1642again 1724 Comments

The Corcyran Stasis as a Template for Civil Strife and War While one might characterise the main theme of Thucydides’ work to be the gradual breakdown of Athens, its constitution, character, morality and eventually its [more…]

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Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 4

21st February 2021 1642again 1860 Comments

The Battle of Sphakteria and the Athenian Expedition to Sicily These two battles stand out in a book full of military engagements because of the dramatic nature of the language employed by the author, that [more…]

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Book Review: This Sovereign Isle

16th February 2021 Going Postal 2278 Comments

‘This Sovereign Isle’, or ‘Britain in and out of Europe’ by Robert Tombs was published by Allen Lane on 28th January 2021. I got my copy from Blackwells at a slight discount to the £16.99 RRP [more…]

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Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 3

14th February 2021 1642again 2072 Comments

The Ruinous Logic of Empire – The Mytilenian Debates and Melian Dialogue These two episodes in Thucydides’ account of the war seem to fit together, firstly the Mytilenian Debates in the Athenians Assembly in 427 [more…]

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Book Review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

10th February 2021 Going Postal 2952 Comments

I’m not someone who regularly reads books – I tend to buy several at a time with a view to reading them whilst on holiday (remember those?) or over the Christmas period, which is exactly [more…]

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Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 2

7th February 2021 1642again 2258 Comments

Pericles’ Funeral Oration and the Great Plague of Athens In Part 1 of this series of articles about what is widely regarded as the greatest surviving piece of ancient historical writing, I tried to sketch [more…]

Book Review

Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 1

17th January 2021 1642again 2265 Comments

I have long wanted to write about Thucydides, widely regarded as the greatest historian of the ancient world and, as far as we know, only the second of the discipline after Herodotus’ account of the [more…]

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A Considered Appraisal of 2020 : That Was The Year That Was

13th January 2021 Going Postal 4826 Comments

2020……….Year Zero……….. The year the Global Capitalist Ruling Classes, having finished their dance of the seven veils, did away with the last figleaf of democracy and reminded everyone who is actually in charge, and exactly [more…]

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