Bret Devereaux

Bret Devereaux is a historian specializing in the Roman economy and military.

Articles by Bret Devereaux
A U.S. soldier dressed in a World War II military uniform picks up sand from Omaha beach next to a U.S. soldier looking at a man driving a horse sulky on the sidelines of a ceremony in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, western France, on June 5, 2019.

The U.S. Military Needs Citizen-Soldiers, Not Warriors
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The Acropolis in Athens

Ancient Greece Had Hard Lessons on Partisan ‘Stasis’
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A frieze on an altar in Rome

American Police Should Know Where Rome Went Wrong
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Two Afghan mujahideen in 1989

Hard Times Don’t Make Strong Soldiers
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