Hi everybody, I hope today is a nice day for you. I'm currently working for a Belgian comics publishing house, and my boss asked me to investigate about a rumor he heard: It says that "the village of Asterix and Obelix", so a little village that was able to resist Roman's assaults for a very long time while all other villages eventually felt, actually existed but was located in Spain instead of France. In addition, according to this rumor, Goscinny and Uderzo would have "copied/taken" the base for their story from another comic/book that talked about the same Spanish village mentioned above. Does anyone have any information about this rumor, or about any "real" inspiration that led the authors to create this comic? Every information will be useful, thank you very much for your time

I was wondering. As Elizabeth had no heir, nor planned to provide one, why did she not accept Mary Queen of Scots as her heir? It would have saved a lot of bother and it was still the Tudor line through Henry VIII sister. Did she have other plans? Or was it that if she accepted she opened herself up to assassins and plots?

Obviously the main goal was to secede, but Maryland, being a slave owning state with many confederate sympathizers, remaining in the Union, had to aggravate the CSA, right? With Lee's army marching as far north as Gettysburg, was there ever a discussion as to if secession was solidified, that an attempt to invade and annex Maryland or parts of it with large slave populations like the Eastern Shore would be made?

On 26 April 1986, the world witnessed the worst disaster in nuclear power generation’s history.

- Reactor no. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (Ukraine) observed an immense power surge.

- Resulting in the build-up of pressure.

- Blowing off the concrete roof.

- Releasing radiation particles in the atmosphere.

Many conspiracy theories have surfaced behind the actual cause of the explosion. Any expert insights?

Reading about North Korea's famous songbun policy of the military's power over civilian government made me wonder if there were any parallels with allied governments at the eve of the Cold War.

I've heard it said that the Japanese were relatively further ahead in their own nuclear program at least in terms of fully fleshed out theory and some of the mechanics than that of Nazi Germany mostly due to greater establishment support compared to the "Jewish physics" that the Germans at least originally viewed it as.

Is it true that they were and if so by what margin were they?

My great grandparents escaped persecution while the Czar was still in power. I want to learn more about them and there ancestors but my mom told me all records about jews were destroyed.

I understand the Luftwaffe could not destroy the RAF. But could the Luftwaffe provide adequate air cover for German landing boats?

Am I misunderstanding how easily RAF could sink German landing ships?

When and where?

I have always been under belief that over time Romans stopped using spears and instead switched to swords, with some groups like triarii using it longer. But I have gotten into argument with other person who believes that they used swords as only secondary weapons, that they instead of throwing all pilum away used the last one for close quarters combat. And as evidence they sent few Roman reliefs showing Romans using pilum. So I would like to ask which one of us is in the right

Were there more often just big masses crashing against each other or was fighting in formation more common?

Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic 13 times if I'm correct, but They made it a huge deal when airplane crossed it.

Hello everyone,

I'm writing a thesis on the imperial cult in Roman Achaea, but I can't seem to find any comprehensive overviews of epigraphic evidence of the region. The online datebase of Heidelberg gives some insights, but I still find it too random to use correctly (especially since most information can only be found in journals which require a subscription). With epigraphical evidence, I mean inscriptions, statues, etc. with Roman/Greek text.

Thanks in advance!

Would working class and middle class men intermixed along the front? Did the upper class serve and if so were they the officer class, or would this have been below their social standing?

I was reading an article about the Cato Street Conspiracy and it mentioned Lord Sidmouth having a spy network that was almost as successful as Walsingham’s under Elizabeth I. I tried to do some basic research, but couldn’t really find much.

Today I found out Washington was technically not the first President of the United States, but was the first POTUS under the US Constitution. Why is it that John Hanson, the first US president, gets nearly no ink relative to Washington, et al, and why is he relatively seldom discussed? What makes him either not a "real" POTUS in the sense we think of today, or less relevant than Washington and his successors to the general American public?

I was hoping someone could help me with insight about the likely nature of the automobile described in a passage from the journals of Alfred Doten, dated April 10, 1902, Carson City, Nevada:

A locomobile from Reno, the first, belonging to O J Smith, or in his charge came to Carson this PM, via Virginia [City] – Created quite a sensation, being first ever seen here, at VA, or in Reno. Punctured a tire and had to lay up in front of Raycraft’s stable for repairs – Horseless carriage puts up at a horse stable – Returns to Reno tomorrow by direct route ...

Any insights about the possibilities in 1902 in the American West would be appreciated.