Any ww1 book recommendations? not necessarily the history of the war but one that is from the perspective of a soldier in a battle

I know vikings didn't have horns on heir helmets but what about the popular depiction of them having wings on them?

There seems to be a lot of investment in the whole idea of Rome among Romans, putting it very lightly. So if a slave were to turn on their master, let's say a senator or a prominent publican, by running to some authority to tell them such, what would happen? Let's say the crime is orchestrating an assassination of another Senator or maybe the Emperor himself, or it's something unmistakably treasonous in general. So would the safety and betterment if Rome be seen as more crucial than maintaining slave-master relations?

Now, they might not believe me, but if I could somehow prove it by knowing their plans and having knowledge of circumstances that wouldn't make sense without there being a conspiracy, what would happen? If I was a slave who wanted to try, who should/would I even run to to tell them? How could I expect to be rewarded, if at all?

Did Romans generally feel free to conspire in front of their slaves with little fear of consequences? Would they even accept evidence on another provided by a slave if it meant it could set a precedent of slaves informing on their masters?

Are there any examples of slaves doing this or of attempts to do this?

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Interested in getting recommendations of books that cover the collapse of the Soviet Union and life in 1990s Russia. Am less interested in historical accounts and more interested in narratives from the point of view of ordinary people that recount what it was like watching the economy collapse and supermarket shelves go empty. Ideally some accompanying narrative explaining what was happening at a political level would be interesting, but really keen to get the perspective of the average citizens.

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Thanks!

I've been reading a bit about the Sasanians and their wars with the Roman Empire, and from time to time I see references to an ambition to restore the frontiers of old Achaemenid Persia, which seems sort of natural, the Achaemenids being the greatest empire of its time and all.

Then, reading a bit of the Cambridge History of Iran, they say no primary source of the Sasanian period mentions the Achaemenids, somewhat contradicting the idea of an Achaemenid restoration project. CHoI then goes to say that the Sasanians didn't know about the old persian empire, which seems silly (even if no persian text about them existed the Sasanians should have had access to Greek sources, and surely some folk tales and legends existed about Cyrus and Darius at least).

And then I learn that some guy called Iraj Darayee (supposedly a professor at UCLA, but I'm not even american so I don't know) says that the Sasanians deliberately omitted the existence of the Achaemenids, because insecurities or something.

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What's the deal then?

Why did the british give up hawaii after it came under their control? It seems kinda odd that at a time of peak colonialism that the british would just restore hawaii's sovereignty. Especially given the strategic nature of the island

I wonder if there were outdoor vendors in the streets of Rome and other ancient cities, and if people used to buy something to eat on their way when they were in a hurry.

I find this period of history extremely fascinating and I'd like to really delve into it. Which is why I'm not interested into cursory reading or intro summaries or anything like that. I'm interested in the extensive, broad, deep reading, and I'd like a book that provides as much detail as possible about this period and the greater context. It doesn't necessarily have to be dry and monotonous, I'd appreciate a "bigger picture" focused book as well, as long as it is detailed and academic.

Thanks for any suggestions.

I know the Enlightment century and the humanist phylosophy lead to some anarchist writings and organisations, and some phylosophists might have suggested a democratic state where the plebs could participate, but are there traces before Renaissance and after Antiquity of anarchists and/or syndicalist movements/communes?

EDIT: Someone already referred me to Thomas Müntzer, but I'm looking for sources earlier than him.

Basically the title. Beyond the Mexica and the Tlaxcalans, what other groups spoke Nahuatl - and what was the (estimated) total population of speakers across Mesoamerica?

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I came here becouse I would like to fulfill a curiosity of mine ...

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How did a Phalanx work ? I would in particular focus on the Battle of Thermopylae. I watched "300" but I don't really think that they used to fight like that ?

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Was the path to pass so narrow that they had to fight like that or did they use a sort of phalanx to resist ?

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The title pretty much says it all. I am trying to find out if an obscure historical figure might have been member of the Bund in the 30s.

To avoid any ambiguity I am referring to whether the Nizari Isma'ilis really killed that many (or that important) people using plots, secrecy and subterfuge, or whether they were convenient scapegoats.

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I was watching a video from the Great Courses Plus called Masters of War and a small thing piqued my interest. The instructor said something about the standard way a Roman camp was organized. He mentions intersecting roads and four quadrants. Can somebody elaborate more on how and why they structured their camp in this way, or add more knowledge on the matter? Furthermore, how did this differ from how other forces deployed camps?

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In the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 there is a lot of physical evidence of the Civil War, 34 years after the end of the war. There are still veterans walking around in uniforms, bands of lost cause rebel guerrillas, battlefields with barricades and cannons still set up, untouched forts with supplies(uniform hats/knives), and a hospital camp still untouched with dead skeleton soldiers still laying on their cots. I know the war deeply affected society for a very long time, but would there be that much physical remnants around? I figure souvenir hunters would have picked over the battlefields and scrap metal hunters would have rolled the cannons away long before that.