On the history of Rome podcast he said Caligula translates to "little boots," a moniker that was given to him by Roman soldiers. This didn't translate to anything in latin. What language is this?

I am fascinated by manmade objects created in the eras of early man through the 1700s or so—tools, weapons, clothing, jewelry, mechanical objects (especially mechanical objects), maps, furniture, shelters, statues, and the like. Paintings are not really my thing.

What kind of museum would focus on or house collections of these sorts of manmade objects? I can’t come up with what the right term for this would be to make much headway searching online.

Do you have any suggestions for museums with collections along these lines within up to ~8 hours drive time of SE Michigan?

Thanks, Historians!

Wondering if it was anything like the nuclear family of today, or if it completely different.

For example, the Valois family rules France for 200 years. The Constantinian family ruled Rome for around 40 years.

What's the history of the Arabic Language in the modern state of Israel?

Specifically, I'm interested in

1. How these systems differed between Britain, France, and the Byzantine Empire

2. How vassal levies and armies actually worked under these sytems

I was curious about logistics in the ancient Roman world. How many logistics people does it take to feed/equip one Roman soldier? During say, the Pre-Marian 2nd Punic War, post-Marian during Caesar's time, and Imperial Era during Trajan's time?

Does a Roman Legion (4000-5000 legionaries) + Auxiliary unit already include logistics personnel in their unit? Or does this only count fighting men and the logistical people weren't counted as a part of the legion?

I'm aware there are different opinions within Rabbinism regarding halakha etc., If that is not relevant it can be disregarded for this discussion. I would like to hear about any effects on strand of Rabbinical Judaism that modern historians trace directly to the persecution of the Holocaust.

Thanks!

Did they turn around? Were the ships beached? Did you go back for more soliders?

Watching films, I've always wondered what the landing craft operators did after off-loading troops.

What if one was killed or wounded, could someone else back it away from the beach?

So I've found a reference to the Annals of Ulster that says "All the islands of Britain were harried by gennti" in 794 although I can't find a single page or book online that actually uses this exact wording.

I've found some with different wording that I know is referring to the same event but this must have come from some translation or another and the word gennti is in italics meaning that this is supposedly a contemporary word from the time.

Is gennti just another word for Viking or is this specifically to reference Norwegian or Danish vikings?

We’re the other colonies aware of what was going on in Salem during the trials? Did they have any opinion on it? Did the English government know what was happening?

If so, to what extent?

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From what I understand, of the major belligerents, Japan had the lowest calorie per day ration for its soldiers (perhaps civilians as well). Brown rice, of course, has more nutritional value than white rice, which has had the bran and germ removed. Given that white rice production began in the 19th century, to what degree was Japan already consuming white rice by World War II, and did they switch back, or consider switching back, to brown rice during the war to improve nutrition for the populace?

It seems odd to me that cradles developed in Mexico and Chile, but not North America, where the native people would have first encountered usable land. Probably a stupid question, but there a plenty of lush river in Canada & the US, so I'm just curious.

In modern times we have time zones and such to distinguish all that, but were people in the times before rapid travel aware of these differences as well? They knew that the Earth was round, so it would seem obvious enough that the sun rotating around the earth would shine on different parts at different times, but as far as I know they couldn't travel fast enough to confirm this personally and there are plenty of things that seem "obvious" to us now that actually took a lot of effort and research to find out.

Hello,

looking for great books to read on the depiction from the axis on the normany invasion.

I was reading up on this battle and this caught my interest. The Ottomans eventually wheeled their boats around the chain on land quite a distance to get to the north side of the city, so I am curious how a chain could be so effective a tactic to stop these boats that they would be forced to do this. Did they try and cut the chain or weigh it down enough to let the boats go over?