Specifically, I'm looking for something along Richard Evans's Third Reich trilogy in terms of scale, research, and writing style.

Hello everyone, I'm looking for something that is in writing from a slave in the peak of slavery in the US. I would like to get a sense of how they observed their world and their enslaved lives. Is there anywhere I can find something like this? Perhaps a diary ?

Imagine that a person is murdered in a poor quarter of Rome during the late Republic. It soon becomes clear who (the neighbors think) the culprit is - another poor person of no importance.

Is there a formal Roman trial? Or do the people of the neighborhood come together and lynch him? Or is there some sort of lower court that does not involve the Senate?

I don't understand why it took over 4 years to bring the Confederacy to surrender. Beyond fighting a mostly defensive war and better generals, they'd got virtually every imaginable disadvantage. Inferior numbers, a smaller industrial base, a blockade, no international recognition, a large slave population whose sympathies were obviously not reliable.

So, what was it? Weather? Terrain?

Much praise for the good old volumes of CAH and deservingly so, but can anyone recommend similar series with throrough approach that would give a fresher look on ancient (pre-Roman) history, providing more evidence in terms of monument inscriptions, quotations and findings?

I have been trying to learn history of the world via various means (reading, and documentaries etc.) and it seems to me that we know more about the history of civilizations and countries in the Western hemisphere than countries and civilizations like Africa, China and India.

For instance, we tend to know about wars in the Roman civilization dating back to 500 BC and a lot of details about those wars, including principal actors, the causes, and sometimes even the main human stories.

Is the explanation a trivial case of - we live in the Western world, and historians tend to focus on that? But then a focus on the Egyptian civilization seems out of place. Or is there a deeper, cultural explanation?

I just finished watching The Crown on Netflix and was wondering whether there is actually any evidence that Philip was so disdainful of Elizabeth. The show also alluded to Prince Phillip potentially having had an affair. I read online that there were rumours of his infidelity at the time, but I'm wondering what they might have been based and whether there might be any truth to them. Any information anyone has would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I've noticed that a lot of historical texts lack much in the way of maps (excepting the Landmark series) so I wanted to get a good atlas that I could refer to while reading. Strassler recommends The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World in his preface to The Landmark Herodotus but it's nearly $400.

First, is The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World good? Does it justify it's price with it's quality? Second, are there any alternatives of similar quality but lower price?

I understand that the term "kingdoms" is somewhat vague, hence the use of the term "structures of power" (i.e. perhaps the first monarchies, where society is divided into upper and lower classes). Structures of power are everywhere in human civilisation, even in the present, and so I wondered. Thank you for your time!

Why did Rome not simply remain the capital as had been all through the Empire and republic?

After defeating Pompey he had all the power in the empire, he didn't need loyal senators anymore. The army followed him, the people loved him and his word was law. Why spare enemies?

I've read both that a) he fell off his horse while crossing the Göksu River, and b) that he walked too far out in the Göksu River, while wearing his heavy armor, and c) that he wanted to cool himelf off in the Göksu River, then got swept away by the streaming water. What's the most trusted answer?

Also, since his army was able to recover his body, how were they able to enter/cross the river to find the body?

Lastly, how and why did Frederick I's son (who failed his mission to deliver his father's body to Jerusalem) somehow split his father's body into three "sections" (flesh, bones, heart and lungs) so it could be preserved in Tyre, Tarsus and [uncertain what the last location is]?

Hello, I have been working on a project which may or may not come into fruition regarding Byzantine Architecture/Art in the period of Late Antiquity.

Egypt is a widely studied region for historians and archaeologists, but it seems Byzantine/Coptic Egypt is commonly neglected due to the lack of any surviving remains and I have been struggling to find much information about it. Therefore it's quite hard to get a good picture of it as it's after the famous ancient period, but before the Islamic period.

So basically to get to the point of my question, if I were to travel back in time to Egypt, say in 600 A.D what would it look like? Would it still look recognizably like Ancient Egypt? What would be the state of monuments like the Pyramids and how would cities like Alexandria and Memphis look in comparison to their more familiar ancient appearances?

If anyone answers, it would be great if you could share some of your sources (especially if they're primary), thanks in advance.

I've seen a lot of dubiously sourced claims that James I was gay/bisexual (up to and including a Latin epigram that reportedly circulated), and I wondered what academic sources we have to support/disprove that claim.

Was there any rebellion in British history that was called something like 'Clemenson's Rebellion'? There is a single dialogue in a movie I enjoy that mentions it in an old multi volume history. Apparently there was at least one major battle in the war/rebellion. As for the time period I would guess that the book may have been written around the early nineteenth century and given the nature of British history that I remember it probably was somewhere between 1600-1750. That is my best guess. Any help would be great. Thanks.