Like I'm sure if a historian is speaking in Latin they'd pronounce Julius Caesar as Yulius Kaezar but would they do that in English classes/lectures, or use the commonly accepted pronunciation in English? How about more modern people like Charles De Gaulle, would he be pronounced Sharu Degah?

I was listening to the BBC History Extra podcast and they interviewed Ms. Lepore about her new book. The interview was pretty engaging and the book sounds (from her perspective) really interesting. On Goodreads it’s well reviewed right now but Goodreads reviewers basically never review poorly.

Anybody here read this book and have thoughts? I’ve been interested in American history as of late but haven’t really known where to best start reading and this sounded like a good starter candidate.

I've been researching for a term paper that requires me to have at least 2 primary sources and I was hoping to write 'about what life was like for Helots' but I've been having trouble; does anyone know an archive I can use to find those sources?

The question is slightly cheeky, but I was curious about this aspect of Rome’s history as a city. Rome today now has a democratic government like almost all cities in democratic countries. For years, however, it was ruled by the Roman Emperors and then the Pope, before becoming the capital of modern Italy. When in the city’s history did it become democratically run “again,” and what was the context for this “restoration”? Was there any acknowledgement of it as a historic moment, or was Rome’s modern city government created with relatively little fanfare?

My understanding is that for an amendment to be ratified, it is required that 2/3 of the states have to approve the said amendment through their legislative process.

However, the section 6 of the 20th amendment sets the limit at 3/4 of the states:

Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

Was there any reason for this exception? Why wasn’t the 2/3 threshold good enough for the 20th amendment?

I know some Roman families in the Middle Ages and renaissance claimed descent from the ancient Romans, but as a class were they able to survive the transition of Europe into warring feudal states or were they superseded by the new military nobility?

I've been trying to find some information on legal punishments within Byzantium from 900-1200 (specifically, if the Byzantine state utilized compensation in cases such as those outlined in the title). Any response would be greatly appreciated, particularly if you can refer me to the relevant law codes.

I have just finished watching the devil next door. Such strong cases on both sides, with I think the emotional bias being against John.

So I guess I just really don’t know and would love to hear if anyone has any further thoughts. I know it’s been out for a bit (1970-2012) but would love to hear some thoughts.

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We usually hear that the allies didn't go to war agains't germany because of the shoah. And peoples didn't know what was going on for jews in nazi germany.

But I feel like Allies's intelligence agencies would have probably knew what was going on from the very beginning. But choose to not disclose this. Am I just a fool thinking this? Or is there some truth behind my thoughts?

It’s just something I’ve noticed. I thought it could be due to there being fewer foreign invasions, but then there should be many, many forts from the times of the Anglo-Saxons and Viking invasions?

The Spanish conquistadors were small in number and thus used divide and conquer tactics to gain indigenous allies to even the playing field numerically during their conquest of the Americas. Even though they assisted the Spanish, they would eventually turn on them. Do we have any record of any former indigenous allies to the Spanish realizing they made a mistake or regretting supporting the Spanish? Once the indigenous allies realized the Spaniards couldn't be trusted, why weren't there widespread revolts to push them out? With their small numbers and no indigenous allies this time, shouldn't it be relatively easy to defeat the Conquistadors?

I was writing a short story about a soldier in the battle of trebia (gave up ain't planning to finish it) and i wanted to include something about what drugs they used, how they used it and what the latin name would be

I have always heard that once Nazi Germany lost the Battle of Britain, it became impossible for them to successfully invade.

However, the Royal Navy was the largest naval force in the world and I am wondering if the RN could have prevented a successful invasion by the Nazi's, even if Britain had lost the Battle of Britain?

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for books relating to the history of communism in China? Generally interested in an overview from its beginnings and throughout the 20th century, but books on specific events are also welcome

I like to cook Chinese food; however, when it comes to thickening the sauce, it inevitably calls for either corn starch or, on rare occasions, potato starch. These were introduced, I believe, during the Qing dynasty. How were sauces thickened before then?

I checked the excellent list on this reddit, but couldn’t find much in the way of specifically the mythology these peoples subscribed to. I want to read from their perspective, and actually learn the stories I’m just vaguely aware of. All this talk about “Zeus, don’t do that” and the repercussions, I must learn more.

Stories from those who lived then or “summaries” from more recent sources are cool, I just want to learn more about the mythology. Thanks.

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German Americans filled a large part of the Union Army. Is it a 48’er thing? Were there any German confederates?