Michael Anderson started an ancient history blog in 2008, which has been rated as one of the top blogs in this subject area. His goal is to bring ancient history to a broad audience and create more interest in a subject that deserves to be more widely known. His research also focuses on ancient political systems which act as models for those in operation today.

In the past 10 years, Michael has been writing about contemporary American politics, which draws from the political systems that emerged in ancient times. Rome and Athens are the models for all political systems that exist today. Michael has published 5 books on politics and writes on Substack as Contemporary American Politics: A Balanced View.

Mike is also active on Quora, answering questions on ancient history, political systems, and contemporary American politics. He was rated a Quora “top writer” in 2018.