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My high school teacher mentioned to my class that there is a game that has been going on for 300+ years at a British academy. The rules are that two teams push a very large boulder around with nothing but their heads and shoulders into a goal. My teacher said that they only have scored a dozen or so points over the centuries that they have been playing it. Does anyone know what game he is talking about? I couldn't find any details about it on google so and I'm wondering now if it is even real.

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Let's say I'm a greek wealthy man from <greek city state A> and a philosopher that lives in <greek city state B> has just finished his book about something. How could I get my hands on a copy? Or how would I even know that that philosopher was writing something and finished it?

My question is not reduced only to the classic greek world, the same goes for middle ages Europe or similar contexts.

In class, my professor asked what contributed to Napoleon's success. I claimed that he was a military strategist and extensively studied the campaigns of Caesar and Alexander the Great. My professor then said that Napoleon failed all his military history classes.

She also claimed that Napoleon's success was due to his conscripted military, claiming Napoleon's forces were often much larger than his opponents in battle. This confused me as I had always thought Napoleon faced larger armies but used a strategy of divide and conquer.

Anyway, I was wondering if any historians could clear up these discrepancies or knows where I can read about Napoleon's performance in school. Thanks!

I know a lot about World War II era tanks, and a good favorite of mine is the Maus super-heavy German tank. It was captured by the Russians semi-intact, but I am curious when and how it was revealed to the public. If you could find a newspaper article, preferably in English, or anything within those lines, that would be perfect.

We frequently hear about JFK and 9/11 conspiracy theories with regards to who ordered or carried it out, did this happen with Lincoln's assassination too? Or is the idea of secret societies controlling the government and killing those that get out of line a more recent concept?

I am American, and have a relatively good understanding of our Revolutionary war. I know that some of our royalists fled to Canada after the war and that a more distinct border was drawn between us. I am curious, since we are geographic neighbors with similar histories of colonization, why America went one way and Canada remained with Britain. Was it something about the culture, or did it make more economic sense, or was it that the British were just more entrenched in that area of North America? And did our revolution help pave the way for Canada to have an easier transition to co-equal commonwealth status with Britain later on?

I havent been to America, but from what I've seen and read Americans have a great respect towards veterns and such. But i've been watching Broadwalk empire (set in prohibition times) and one character who is a veteran of WW1 gets a lot of hostility/antipathy for his role in the war.

Is this an accurate representation of the publics feelings? And if so, when did the respect towards veterans begin and what was it bourne out of?

Thanks,

More specifically, I'm looking for methods and tactics used by the Nazis when trying to curb the effectiveness of partisans in occupied areas. Were Nazi anti-partisan activities successful, or were they ineffectively brutal?

For example, we could say 20 BC - but what year was it according to those who lived in 20 BC?