Levi Croom

• BA Combined Honours
• How far we have come! : Can contemporary international relations theories explain the actions of the Greek city state actors in the ancient world?

This project aimed to apply the concepts of some of the key international relations theories, used in modern international affairs and politics, to the Ancient Greek city states of Athens and Sparta. Through the lenses of such theories as Classical and Structural Realism, Kantian Liberalism, and Marxism I have examined the interactions that these Greek Poleis had with one another and with other actors during the time period of the 5th century BCE, from the the Greco-Persian Wars to the Peloponnesian War. By doing this I have attempted to make better sense of the actions that were taken by the city states in relation to the contemporary theories’ conceptualisations of international politics.

Funding source: Newcastle University

Project Supervisor: Dr Joseph Skinner