*in the line of fire of machine guns

In Suetonius's "Twelve Caesars" he mentions in the Augustus chapter:

“18. About this time [Augustus] had the sarcophagus containing Alexander the Great’s mummy removed from the mausoleum at Alexandria and, after a long look at its features, showed his veneration by crowning the head with a golden diadem and strewing flowers on the trunk. When asked, ‘Would you now like to visit the mausoleum of the Ptolemies?’ he replied, ‘I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.’ ”

And in the section on Gaius (Caligula):

“52. Gaius paid no attention to traditional or current fashions in his dress, but ignored masculine and even human conventions. Often he made public appearances in a cloak covered with embroidery [....] He even dressed up as Venus, and long before his expedition he wore the uniform of a triumphant general, often embellished with the breastplate which he had stolen from the tomb of Alexander the Great.”

Excerpt From: Suetonius. “The Twelve Caesars.”

Do we know where the tomb was, and roughly when historians lost track of it? Have people tried to find it since? Do we have a guess as to what happened to it?

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I've heard that very early on the Chinese adopted an examination system in an attempt to be meritocratic but how successful was it and how was it implemented? Did people from poor uneducated backgrounds actually have a chance?

I'd just like to know more about these conquests in general. It seems crazy to me that tribal people from the desert ended up conquering two of the most powerful empires of that time. It'd be like if the British colonies in America were conquered by Native tribes.

Philip k Dick would have been a young teenager during the war

I am particularly interested in the layouts of the overall floors and how the interior walls themselves look. I can't find any good images. If anyone can help, even just by telling me what they were made of or tended to look like, I'd appreciate it.

If I'm not mistaken, the consensus nowadays is that Jesus was at least an actual person, regardless of his perceived divinity.

So, how accurate is the calendar in regards to using his birth as a reference point?

What is the estimated deviation?

Was there some big, more well-documented event around the same time we can use to determine an accurate relation between events BC and AD? (I think that's the correct symbolism, correct me if I'm wrong)

When even was this system of counting the years first applied, and how well-informed would the institution that applied it have been?

Thanks in advance.

I kind of want some context for the use of the term migration when talking about the Viking Age, or Anglo and Saxon tribes conquests of England. I really don't get why they are called migrations, as opposed to invasions.

I've seen a few interpretations and the way that the nomadic Scythians are presented varies a great deal. From their clothes to their ethnicity, no single interpretation is similar to the other. I've seen them presented as Turks, Eastern Europeans, Mongolians and Iranians and it has been suggested to me before that they would have looked a lot like the Dothraki from game of thrones.

Furthermore, the clothes that the Scythians wear in some Greek sources and surviving works of art seem ridiculous and out of place on a nomadic steppe people. Skintight catsuits on a Scythian archer statue and on some pots just look too zany. One would expect furs, pelts, or just more realistic riding/nomadic gear than a bloody catsuit.

So, what clothes (armour and everyday) would the Scythians have worn, and what race were they or would they be most similar to today?

Today i watched Russian film ´´Admiral´´ (2008) from Russian civil war, and there was one interesting scene, Whites attacked Reds in close-line infantry style formation. I understand frontal attack or even human wave, especialy when soldiers dont have ammo, which was realy common during Russian civil war on White side, but i dont know any reason to do this. Is there any evidence/reason if/why Whites used this tactic?

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Even if she clearly was not

For example, assuming an otherwise-stable period how much would the average person in, say, the Roman or British empires notice an increase in the cost of goods to inflation?

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My history teacher refers to the post Kalmar Union Sweden as Sweden-Finland and I was wondering if this is accurate in any way because I thought Finland wasn't really a thing back then?

I've been reading a few books on Operation Barbarossa recently and from my understanding the German Wehrmacht was caught quite off guard by Soviet tank development. Notably the T-34 and KV series of tanks, which the Germans appeared to have no practical answer to at the time.

How is it that the German Reichswehr operated the Kama Tank School in Kazan from 1929 to 1933 in cooperation with the Soviet Union, but still managed to be completely blindsided by two entire classes of Soviet tanks?

Did the Soviets manage to design both classes from the ground up between the end of the Soviet-German co-operation in 1933 and have them in the field by 1941?

Additionally, what did the co-operation between the two nations regarding armored training/development actually entail?

Thanks!

If there is a record, did it mean something else back then? Some special meaning?

The summer is approaching and for the first time in years I'll be able to read for pleasure. I have piles of books, history and otherwise, to get through, but I'd love to know if anyone has any recommendations for anything thought-provoking, beautifully researched or written, or out of the ordinary? Any period or place is fine, though please say if an introduction to the place/period would be useful as well!

Franco recieved military support from both Hitler (Legion Kondor) and Mussolini (Corpo Truppe Volontarie) during the Spanish Civil War. And, when this war finished, Franco, Mussolini and Hitler were very close friends.

So, when the Invasion of Poland happened, and the WWII started, why Spain never supported them in an official way?

I know that several spanish participated as volunteers in the German Army (the Blue Squadron), but there has never been a full and official support

I only know of one exception: Imhotep, but Imhotep was a government official and seems to have been later identified with the god Thoth. My perception (which could be wrong) is that we don't have any Egyptian myths of that strapping hero who goes on an epic journey, who may have divine parentage but doesn't really become a god himself, who goes out and kills incredible creatures and brings back treasure. I suppose this could have something to do with the lack of transmission of some Egyptian myths, or the lack of popularity of myths like that. But perhaps it could also be because the Egyptians had a unique set of values that sort of precludes a story like that from becoming popular.

What's the truth of the matter?