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Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), aka Strauss the Younger, was an Austrian composer best known for his waltzes such as The Blue Danube. Famed throughout Europe and the United States in his own lifetime, Strauss was known as the 'Waltz King'...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a German conductor and composer of both innovative late-Romantic and Modernist music. He is best known for his symphonic poems and operas like Salome and Elektra, both of which caused a sensation. Strauss gained...

Barry Strauss is the Corliss Page Dean Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. Strauss is a 2025 recipient of the prestigious Bradley Prize...

For over two centuries, ancient Judea was a restless province of the Roman Empire, marked by rebellions, shifting loyalties, and the tensions between imperial might and local identity. In his latest book, Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion...

Dr. Barry Strauss' Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine tells the epic story of the Roman Empire from its rise to its eastern reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and...

The cover of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire by Barry Strauss. Barrystrauss.com

Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

An 1894 photograph taken by Rudolf Krziwanek of (on the left) the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825-99) and the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-97).

An 1888 colour print by Theo Zasche of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825-99) conducting the court orchestra in Vienna.

An 1870s photograph taken by Julius Gertinger of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825-99).