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It seems like every other emperor was assassinated by either the praetorian guard or his own troops. I can imagine the first assassination being somewhat of a surprise, but wouldn't the emperors catch on quickly and establish a proper bodyguard?

So why were so many emperors still assassinated?

Anywhere that i can get more information on attila the hun? I haven't been able to find a good documentary on him, which is weird. Can anyone link where i can get factual info. or books, for some reason i try searching up and i can't find a good one. any recommendations?

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People don't usually mention roman steel in the same sentence as damascus or japanese steel, so it makes me curious.

In the final battle in the movie gangs of new york we see cannons fire on the five points. Did the union army at any point actually use artillary on civilians during this conflict?

In addition, are there any recorded (verbal or oral) stories of hurricanes from the Seminole, or other southeastern peoples?

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I've heard that explosives and firearms brought about the end of castles and knights in armor. But when did it become dominate for kings or rulers to outfit their armies with firearms? Where did it become common? My understanding is that the first firearms took much longer than a bow and arrow to reload. So when one army was outfitting themselves with firearms, why didn't the other get more horses and charge them down before they could reload?

Hi! Bit of a weird one this. I'm looking into starting a D&D game. In the game, the players will play as demons, on Earth, where magic is fought against by the church. I'm looking to set the game around the time of the first crusade. I was hoping there might be some theological accounts of demons, "unexplainable events", satanic, pagan, or other cults, investigations into alchemy or magic etc.

Obviously the sources I'm looking for are specifically bad historical sources, which may mean this is a bit of a hard question to answer.

The game doesn't have to be entirely accurate, so if you can think of any of these things which don't occur in the Holy land in the 11th century but instead occur in rural America in the 1600s, or in Ravenna during the dark ages, I'm still happy to read about it to take inspiration.

This is quite a broad question but literally anything you can think of which I could use would be great. For example, the evidence used in the Salem witch trials and how they used "white magic" could be useful to me, as could the writings of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.

I'm more so curious about the Soviet logic. They sold thousands of tons of grain, oil and ore to Nazi Germany. Weren't there fears that this could be possibly used against the Soviet Union?

I working on my dual bachelors in political science in history. My university only offers courses on Russia after WWII, and when courses come about on Russia before WWII Russia-US relations aren't included in the course. When I attempt to literary works I don't have much success. I've heard only through word of mouth that Catherine the great had a hand in bringing the American war of Independence to an end by bringing the involved parties to peace talks. That Russia helped the Union during the Civil war. However, I don't know if these are true, but I would like to find out for myself. If any of you have any suggestions I would be very grateful.

I would like to have a quick run down and overview of what Bleeding Kansas is.

A friend is trying to keep a story he's writing historically accurate and has a character buying dynamite. Any insight or readings that could help educate him would be really appreciated!

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Just about every other society developed some kind of written recording/writing styles. How come the Native Americans didn't?

I know apples have been cultivated for thousands of years but were they usually as large and well-developed as modern apples you can buy in the store? If not, when and how did they become like that? I know when I pick an apple from a single tree someone has in their backyard it's always much smaller than store-bought apples. Is that closer to what most historical apples would have been like?

Alexander the Great is reported to have brought a certain type of apple back to Greece and it's passingly mentioned that he threw an apple at someone during a banquet. I just wonder how those apples would have differed from modern apples for example.

I'm guessing this must have been somewhere around the beginning of the colonial era? (Mid 16th century?) Earlier? Are there a lot of failures of European armies in that era that don't generally make it to common knowledge?

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