Neville Morley

Professor in Classics and Ancient History , University of Exeter

Neville Morley is professor in classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter in the UK. He the author of several books on ancient history, including The Roman Empire: Roots of Imperialism (2010) and Trade in Classical Antiquity (2007). His latest book is Thucydides and the Idea of History (2014).

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John Kerry and Xi Jinping in suits talking in armchairs with a table of flowers between them, in front of a mural of a green landscape.

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History

Why historians would make bad policy advisers

Neville Morley

A bronze statue of Second World War airmen, under a roof structure, focusing on their detailed uniforms and gear.

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History

Monumental folly

We take Pericles’ funeral oration out of context at our peril. For a true picture of war, read Thucydides to the end

Neville Morley