A large part of ancient imperialism was based on the conquering of new lands through war. Throughout the blog I have focused on the ancient "just war" theory.
I have read and posted on primary sources from Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Cicero. All of these ancient authors had theories on what qualifies as a just war, and I have found that many of the ancient ideas about just war hold true today.
I have explored how ancient just war theory has been applied to other 20th century wars, such as the Iraq War. I have also given an example of how President Obama directly referenced ancient just war theory in a recent speech.
Overall I have found many similarities in how we talk about just war today that go all the way back to the way that ancient philosophers thought about war.
