Victor Davis Hanson talks with Barry Strauss about Jews Vs Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire, scheduled for release August 19, 2025. They talk about revolts of Masada, Bar Kokhba, and other resistance, plus the historical relevance to the current state of Israel’s geopolitics.
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re today’s interview. The current regime in Iran was installed by the USA CIA and state department at the behest of Henry Kissinger. You can read my The Rockefellers’ war against Israel by Robert Kaplan for the story. I would appreciate your passing this on to Barry Strauss.
I wish this interview would have lasted much longer. What a rare treat to listen to two titans of historical teaching discussing the fascinating and timely topic of the Jews revolts against the Roman occupation of the holy land. Thank you Drs Hanson and Strauss.
What an extremely interesting interview. Thank you for this. And today I learned the very polite and educated way of describing the horrid antisemitism toward Jews that appears to be, once again, ramping up: “Ill-disposed toward Jews”. An intellectual way of describing the ignorance.
Victor thank you so much for this interview. I’ve ordered the book. These will be a welcome addition to your Soul of Battle and The End of Everything.
I enjoyed “The End of Sparta”, so I hope you do write a book on Epaminondas (as you mentioned on this podcast).