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Given both of them many times and traded with one another, it seems they had mutual respect for one another. But to what degree?

Today there was a "TIL" post on the front page stating that at the Siege of Weinsberg in 1138 (?) he stated the "castle wives" could leave the castle with whatever they could carry on their backs. Eschewing gold or other valuables, the women left the castle carrying their husbands, sons, and other loved ones thrown across their shoulders. He let them pass, stating he would honor his word. Is any of this remotely true?

Watching an episode of the Waltons and they mention something about "these hard times" and "the depression we're in". We're folks in the 1930's actually aware they were in a "great depression" or did they just figure they were in "hard times"? When did the term "Great Depression" actually represent that time period? Thanks!

So initially, Roman armies were under the command of consuls, right? Each consul led two legions, and each legion was led directly by a legate.

So when the number of armies grew to 20+, the generals didn't really answer to the consuls, since there were only two of them, and two men couldn't be in 20 places at once.

This is my understanding, so bear with me.

So this fact, along with the decline of the senate under Augustus, led to Roman armies owing their allegiance to the general, not Rome... Right?

Overall, why did Roman armies owe their allegiance to their generals, and not the consuls, and by extension, Rome?

As far as I know, there have been four assassinations of sitting US presidents as well as assassination attempts that failed. This seems kinda high, especially compared to other countries like Canada where there has been no successful assassinations of sitting prime ministers or the UK where there has been only one (correct me if I'm wrong).

Does the US have a higher amount of assassination attempts than other countries or is there another reason for this? Am I completely off base here, and the US actually has a normal rate of assassination attempts?

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I think one of the coolest things about music, especially in regards to history, is you have the ability to say "I'm listening to what they were listening to". However, in previous posts here about Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Mesopotamia, they said that we know what instruments they used, maybe even what key the music was in, but we are only able to get rough approximations of what they actually heard. So when did actual solid reproducible songs start to develop? Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place - did Meso-America, China, or India have better documented music? How do these compare to the earliest versions of folk music that we know of? I'd be surprised if we knew any European folk songs pre-1600, and for African/Native American songs I expect it to be even worse than that. How off is my intuition?

I know that in, I believe it was 1961, a treaty was signed in which nobody would "own" Antarctica, however, prior to that point, has anyone ever made any kind of effort to colonize the frozen lands despite the harsh conditions it would present to do so?

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It’s a sparsely populated, weak, and relatively large nation, so why wasn’t it annexed by China or Russia of which it’s sandwiched in between?

Hi All, I am looking for some clear advice on what to write my masters dissertation on. I know that I want to focus on medical history in the UK post 1700 but whenever I start trying to narrow it down further I just end up having more options! I am trying to stay away from 'pop' subjects like grave robbers and body snatching and instead focusing on perhaps a more narrow area - perhaps Wales? Or even Edinburgh? Is this a good idea, or again, is it not focused enough? Am I overthinking this?? I have tried to speak to the relevant staff member but she is on holiday for another 4 weeks. I would be very grateful for any advice or suggestions!

The English are fond of knockout football. This much is evident, not only because the country has two cup competitions, but watching old television programs from the 70s and 80s it's curious how these competitions seem more closely followed than the league competition. While it's certainly exiting to follow a competition where your local club has a fair chance to progress and face off against the best teams in the country, why do the English have two competitions to this effect?

I and many friends were raised Roman Catholic with absolutely no Jewish ancestry and we talk about how we would've been treated in Nazi Germany under Hitler's regime. I know there are large records of Catholics being put in concentration camps, Was this because they were Catholic or some other reason and they just happened to be Catholic? I know that historically Germany has been Lutheran so were Catholics treated poorly or seen differently than other Germans and did the Nazi Party voice anti Catholic rhetoric during their time in power?

I started my inquiry by going to the wikipedia for liberal arts since the thing I hear most is that people pursuing science/engineering/math lack a liberal arts foundation. I read the section on "history" and wanted to follow up on the information presented in those paragraphs, since it seems that the divide between a pure science education and a pure arts education is relatively recent on a historical timeline. And does it have to do with our 'must have a degree to do x specialized job' system, so education itself is inherently different?

This seems like a big question and not as specific as I had hoped, so please feel free to take liberties with my question if you have a better way of answering! Thank you so much!

Hi there! I'm looking to do some research into the life, customs, routines, procedures etc. of the naval component of the late 17th/early 18th century world, in particular those of the British Royal Navy and the European merchant sailors. I'm having a hard time finding books on Amazon/library catalogs with those criteria.

Thanks!

I just noticed this somewhat surprising consistency the other day, and I wondered how it came about.

There have been many periods in history where calendars were hard to keep in a reliable way and many people in the past never really paid attention to what year it was. How do we know when the Roman Empire actually existed to a specific year? Or any other historically significant event?