It's my understanding that the modern character we identify as a "pirate" is largely influenced by disney versions of pirates in their films over the last 100 years. How accurate are these depictions, how did they vary, and if they are not accurate where did Disney get them from?

What was the major cause for its downfall? Was it the adoption of Christianity, the incompetence of the later emperors it the lack of the disciplined and competent army during their last days or the sheer pressure of handling a territory so vast?

So, radios were obviously pretty important during WW2, but from what I can tell cable based telephony was still pretty common.

But one thing I have never seen are accounts of how the cables looked.

How thick were they? Were multiple pairs of wire paired in a bigger cable? What about isolation? Was there a similar-ish standard between nations?

(Similar as in calibres. Yeah, they weren't really similar but everyone had a rifle around 7mm, or some artillery somewhere around 75mm)

Edit: Mangled the title a bit - should have been What did field cables look like, sorry!, sorry!

Need some help from someone who knows the runes well as i dont need something translated into runic

When they say someone ruled for 800 years, what did they think they were talking about? What was their justification for thinking someone could live that long? Were there just 20 monarchs in a row who used the same name? Is it a hyperbole created by the fact that monarchs would have been healthier and lived longer? Were they merely filling in the gaps for periods where they didn't know who the ruler was?

They are Luis Garavito (b. 1957, active in the 90s), Pedro López (b. 1948, active in the 70s) and Daniel Camargo (b. 1930, active in the 70s and 80s).

Has overall quality of life gone up so high that being a Roman emperor would feel like poverty, discomfort, and ill health?

I'm thinking both in terms of the hulls and sails of sailing ships hiding from other ships at night as well as modern warships running EMCON trying to avoid detection - does the standard gray color scheme work better to conceal ships than a black or patterned scheme would?

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Micro-history being the study of a few individuals or a small village e.g. "The Cheese and the Worms"

I was reading quite a few posts on how routed men would seek out safe places and once calmed down, reform. But how did this work for an army that was victorious (if it happened at all), did they return to the camp, did they rally, did they flee, etc.?

Crusaders are typically depicted in popular art as being dressed in white and bearing a red cross. I know that Crusaders serving different lords and factions would wear different clothing, such as the black cloaks with white St John's crosses worn by the Hospitallers. But how common was it for Crusaders to actually wear the white cloaks with a red cross? In the third crusade, for example, I doubt Richard I would have equipped his entire English army in white and red for the campaign, especially considering a lot of them were likely just peasant levies who could barely afford the equipment. Surely most of his army would just be wearing their normal equipment?

Hi /r/AskHistorians!

I'm trying to find the answer to this question: When did the Roman influence on the English language stop, where and why?

Was it because of the Fall of the Roman Empire and Anglo-Saxons taking over in the 5th century? I'm not sure where though? Was it a specific event that led to end of the Roman influence?

I'm also interested in knowing which three languages are known as the "base" of the English we know today?. Is it really French, Latin and Old Norse? I've been comparing sources where most only state Latin being the influence while other state languages like Greek and Spanish. I know that English has been influenced by lots of different languages but are there other languages other than Latin that has formed the English language?

EDIT: Did Pope Adrian IV have something to do with the end of the Roman influence? My English teacher (yes I need this info for my English class) hinted that someone named Adrian/Hadrianus could have something to do with it. Could he mean the Norman invasion of Ireland?

I imagine that a hurricane is less destructive if you have less infrastructure for it to destroy. However, did these people have other means of protecting themselves? Was there an annual migration away from the coast? Was there subterranean shelters (obviously not in Florida but elsewhere)?