Has anyone kept genealogical records to point to any individuals alive today descended from Roman aristocrats?

As I understand it, the Black Death killed around one third to one half of the European population, devastating Europe's demographics for years to come. I am curious if it affected the European nobility similarly, or if they had a better time at staying secluded from the infected or had a slightly higher standard of medical care, and thus lost a lower percentage compared to the overall population.

Additionally, I'd like to hear if the Black Death had a specific impact on the politics and/or culture of the nobility. Did the number of deaths from the plague complicate matters of succession in feudal territory? Did the nobility implement new policies in their lands as a result of the plague? Did the nobility as a whole have a cultural shift towards perhaps towards more religious fervor or more socially libertine in reaction to the deaths caused by the plague?

This is really a lot of questions bundled into one, so don't feel pressured to tackle the whole thing. If you'd like me to narrow the question to a specific area, let's say either France or the Holy Roman Empire.

I am Brazilian, I am 17 years old and I intend to study international relations. I am interested in specializing in the Asian political and economic scene, and I would like to know where (books, documentaries, etc.) I can begin to understand more how the East / Asian society works? Thank you!

Since combat activities took place in egypt, tunesia and lybia I assume they probably had appearances in some savannah regions at least, but could't find any pictures.

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If someone could provide some information or maybe even a photo it would be highly appreciated :)
Thanks in advance.

Most of the things that are popularly linked to October Revolution actually happened during February Revolution.

I look into Indo-European language family and almost every branch had writing system. Except Balto-Slavic there are no writings from pre-christian times. It's hard to me to understand how it's possible that Slavs did not have any writings before 9th century A.D. Everyone else took far less to have there own script.

Why did Crypto Jews in Mexico let go of their religious roots? Their influence can be seen in the local cuisine (Pan semita, goat, flour tortilla, etc), however most people in this area are now Catholics.

How would I be able to know if I have Sephardic Jewish ancestry? Can’t do a DNA test cause Sephardic doesn’t come out as a specific ethnic group like ashkenazi? If I were to trace my lineage 500 years back, would there be records in Spain indicating who was a “converso”(Jewish convert) after the 1492 situation?

I would appreciate any other information or book recommendations. Anything. Something thanks.

The T-35, sometimes called the "land-battleship" is one of the only heavy multi-turreted tanks that saw actual use in the war after 1940. Unfortunately, I can't find any accounts of its effectiveness aside from its terrible technical deficiencies, which apparently caused losses of up to 90% due to mechanical failure. When it did manage to make it to a fight, how did the t-35 do?

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Really any information on this topic would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hey all, I am currently writing a history paper on American Tanks and Tank Doctrine from the end of WWI through WWII.

Basically I want to cover how WWI shaped American tank development and doctrine initially and how events through WWII helped these to evolve.

I know a decent bit of info on the topic, but nothing too specific aside from a few details and just the general info of the tanks (Which will be useful in it's own right but I can't right a paper about the specifications of the M4 Sherman and its variants).

I've spent about an hour trying to find sources for this paper, and have come up short for anything actually usable as a source. I found the National WWII Museum which gives a summary on some tanks, but that's about it. Naturally as a standard college student, I'm no good at finding sources.

The requirements for the paper are at least three primary sources, and no more than 3 secondary. I think the primary sources would be the most difficult to find, but I'm sure they exist in some form, be it speeches or documents.

If anyone wants to shoot me some sources on tank doctrine, development, the Lend-Lease program, or anything that might be useful for this topic I would greatly appreciate it. Even a point in the right direction would be helpful. I'm going to keep looking myself but I'm honestly not expecting to find enough sources on my own.

Thank you all in advance!

In particular, early in the film Mulan is dressed as a bride. Her face is painted white and the outfit she wears looks like a Japanese Geisha. Later in the movie the Cherry Blossom becomes an important metaphor.

From what I know the Wehrmacht in 1941 had somewhere around 3 million men invading into Russia. Just how exactly did all of this occur in the first week or so of the war? How with 1930's type communication and basic paper maps did everyone keep on plan? How far apart were divisions or armies spread out from one another? did armies all move at once in a day or did it take days just to move a entire few divisions and wait for the rest to catch up? Was it mostly through radio communication or by cars/bikes and horses also?

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Im assuming in between the front stopping, attacking, counter attacking it was very confusing at times trying to let the rear know where and how to set up while communicating with other divisions or regiments and such as if a Artillery unit had to move up or panzer battalion and who to pick and what. And with it being war it had to change day in and out going town to town or when crossing a major river and then at times Im sure weather and bad radios messed up a lot of things. And then not to mention Logisitics. Where exactly were the food trucks and such kept and far from the front line? and how often in the week did the soldiers refresh their rations? (Sorry for all the questions but just so mind boggling)

I'm sure politics is probably not discussed here often for civility reasons but I was wondering how many valid comparisons to contemporary society there are in France just before the revolution. So what specific things actually sparked things off to make the French freak out and start lopping the heads off the elites?

Also, compared to other Nazi politicians and personalities.

Just like it says in the title, were the Mithraic mysteries in the Roman Empire a continuation of older, Persian Mithraism or rather a newly born Greco-Roman religion based on that ancient set of doctrines? Can it and should be considered as a separate phenomenon? If so, what defines it and what separates the two? What is the evidence for this?