From what I've seen, we don't really have much evidence of his depravity except for the version of history written by the senate, and the senate had every reason to hate him given that he was actively working against them.

Modern historians seem to mostly realize that their words may carry weight far beyond those they personally know and that people decades or centuries later may read them if only to learn what the understanding of the author was for their time. Did the historians of the ancient world consider this in their writings? Did those who relied on texts and stories already centuries old approach their own writing differently because of it?

Protestants all agree that the bible should have 66 books. The Catholics and Orthodox place their canon in the 70s. Meanwhile the EOTC has 81 books in their bible. Does anyone happen to know why that is?

This is my first post to this sub, and one of my first\-ever posts to Reddit.  I read the sub rules and hopefully am keeping within the spirit of the community.

I’m developing a story about an American soldier who is held in a German POW camp during World War II.  I’d consider this more a “personal story that happens to be set in WW2” as opposed to a war story or historical fiction \(i.e., “Gods and Generals”\).  Having said that, I want it to be as historically accurate as possible, and I especially want to learn about the types and workings of German\-operated POW camps, as well as about the status/tone of the war at various stages.

So I guess I have two questions:

1.\)  Can you recommend any books/documentaries that can help me learn about German\-operated POW camps?  I think I’d benefit from both personal accounts and from top\-down overviews of how the camps were run.

2.\)  I already have a dozen or so specific questions about the minutiae of the camps and likely will have more as I delve further.  What would you suggest is the best way of obtaining answers to these?  I’d hate to flood this sub with tiny questions.  Does anyone have special interest/knowledge in this area who would have an interest in chatting with me about it?

Just looking for an overall roadmap here.  Thanks for the help!

During the Iran-Iraq War, an Iraqi fired missiles at the USS Stark killing and injuring many Americans as well as damaging their ship. However according to "America's War for the Greater Middle East" by Andrew Bacevich the USA blamed Iran for the whole thing. Is this true? If so how did the USA manage to shift the blame on them? How was this received by American public? Lastly how did this affect American public opinion on Iran?

I am interested in the Italian pre-unification states, and was wondering if any of you know how the peoples of these states where viewed by the Europe. I don't mean how the Italians as a whole where viewed but how people viewed the people of Piedmont for example. In many ways what were the stereotypes of the people of these states (e.g Tuscany, Piedmont, Venetia, the Two Sicilies, Papal states).

A thinker pointed out Americans hold a strong consensus on the importance and meaning of the Constitution, to the extent that we trust an unelected Supreme Court to make final decisions on it. Despite this liberal consensus, why is "liberal" only associated with the left?

There seems to have been this idea amongst political radicals in early 19th century Europe, that Napoleon was a champion of liberty and democracy. While this might make sense for his contemporaries, it seems confusing that people who grew up after he declared himself Emperor (notably Heinrich Heine) would continue to hold on to this idea. How did a man who seized absolute Imperial power, maintain the image of a revolutionary?

Who came up with the idea of giving stickers at polling places in the US?

What was European 1300's to 1500's slavery like? Specifically early pre American Portuguese slavery from Mali?

How was Malcolm not just defining dissent but what it means to be an American?

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I don't know if this is the right place to post this. I am interested in the pre-unification states, and was wondering if any of you know how the peoples of these states where viewed by the Europe. I don't mean how the Italians as a whole where viewed but how people viewed the people of Piedmont for example.

So I was listening to the History of Byzantium podcast a while back and Robin told this story of a boy on the island of Crete who was excited to meet the "Hellenae" soldiers landing on the island. When the soldiers asked him if he was Hellenae, he responded "No, we are Romans." This boy went on to move to America and became an author if I remember correctly.

I can't seem to find the episode that Robin talks about this, and I've tried googling several times and I can't find anything. I was hoping someone familiar with the podcast could point me to the episode or if anyone could point me to a source if they are familiar with the story.

Hello!

I am looking for a book that looks at how skirmishing and raiding, disease, civilian deaths and war crimes and other ugly aspects of war are often ignored or treated as abnormal, and yet how uniforms, set-battles and rules of engagement are thought of as normal, necessary parts of war in the public consciousness. Could anyone offer any good recommendations?

I'm not after any specific period, but rather a look at European cultural views on warfare in as a whole.

Thank you.

Hello everyone. I got an assignment at college to create a bibliography for the Italian historian and statesman, Francesco Guicciardini. It has to be composed of one synthesis, one primary source ( text, image or artifact from that time related to Francesco, and two monographs.

I know this is kinda of a Homework, but I thought the subject is not one very common. It would be amazing to just direct me to somewhere I can research, as this is my first time doing this and I am at a loss.

Thank you very much.