
Barry S. Strauss
Author · 10 books
Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics at Cornell University, is a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written or edited several books, including The Battle of Salamis, The Trojan War, The Spartacus War, Masters of Command, The Death of Caesar, and Ten Caesars.
Series
Books

Masters of Command
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
2012

The War That Made the Roman Empire
Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
2022

Rowing Against the Current
On Learning to Scull at Forty
1999

The Spartacus War
2009

Ten Caesars
Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
2019

The Battle of Salamis
The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece-and Western Civilization
2004

What If?
The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
1999

The Trojan War
A New History
2006

The Death of Caesar
The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
2015

The Anatomy of Error
Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists
1990