Justin Marozzi

Allusions to Greek mythology and classical history have become as commonplace as bad-tempered negotiations over Greece’s future in the eurozone. Historian Justin Marozzi consults classicists, economists, politicians and Herodotus himself to find out why.

Justin Marozzi speaks to Eugene Rogan whose acclaimed new study of the First World War in the Middle East takes for its vantage point the Ottoman front line.

The editors offer a complete picture of the divisive consequences of the revolution, which has minorities, extremists and terrorists all jumping into the fray.

After decades of civil war, Somalia was in a state of virtual anarchy. Justin Marozzi, in Mogadishu for 14 months as a government adviser, saw its tentative steps to a new future.

In Transylvania, Romania has Europe’s last great wilderness, plus complex history and expansive scenery. Just don’t mention Count Dracula to the locals, writes Justin Marozzi.

It was once the most learned place in the world, the pinnacle of the Golden Age of Islam. Justin Marozzi, author of a new history of the city, reflects on its grandeur.

Zaid al-Ali, an Iraqi lawyer, lays the blame for his country’s failure to build a stable, inclusive state at the feet of its prime minister, Nuri Al Maliki. But, as historian Justin Marozzi argues, Iraq has long been in the grip of self-serving strongmen.

By making oil the keystone of his analysis of the recent history of Algeria, Iraq and Libya, Luis Martinez misses some other factors that are just as pertinent.

Returning to Tripoli after the fall of the Qaddafi regime, Justin Marozzi finds the city has come back to life, its people welcoming and proud of their homeland.

Justin Marozzi, author of Travels with Herodotus, kicks back in Miami.

The temptation to visit Iraq proved overwhelming as the author traced the route of the ancient Greek historian.