Barry Strauss graduated and received a PhD in History from Cornwell University, where he is currently Professor of History and Classical Culture. A renowned expert in military history, his best-known and most translated works are The Battle of Salamis (2022), selected by the Washington Post as one of the best literary works of 2004, The Trojan War (2022), The War of Spartacus (2023 ), Ten Caesars (2019) and The Battle of Actium (2022),