While reading about stories of the founding of Rome, Romulus brothers tale seems to be the most well known one. However, I did also see that apparently some other minor stories/sources are out there, too. I'm just wondering what they are... or is there any other at all?

In my limited but enthusiast understanding of the classical era I think the linothorax came to be very popular with the later Greeks. From a video I saw on YouTube of a professor with some students testing it, it seemed to pretty sturdy and could withstand arrows at close range while being light and cooler on hot climates like the ones in southern European. So, why did the Romans, that were so good at adopting innovations of their enemies (or by the way any later infantry armies) didn't used it? Or did they?

I've just begun reading Stephen Kern's The Culture of Time and Space, 1880–1918. I am interested in related sources that address more recent history, particularly in the United States.

I am especially curious about the impact the internet has had on our understandings or perceptions of time. Thank you!

In both video games and in movies, ancient and early medieval soldiers are depicted carrying shields into battle. However, by the time of the renaissance and early modern periods, they are hardly ever seen. When did they lose their popularity and why?

Fear and duty, I presume, but surely there must have been more to it.

Documentaries, even fiction about women as long as some element is factual (duties, wardrobe, portrayal of peripheral characters who really lived). A very preliminary search ended with my watching Valert recently, but it was pretty unsatisfying...

I'll also accept suggestions for films detailing any member of the court.

It would seem that it would be in the interest of book publishers to push for the illegalization of libraries since it appears to harm book sales. After all, instead of purchasing every book I read, I can just go to the library and borrow the books from there. Has there ever been a push to ban libraries by the book publishing industry?

And why did it only begin in the middle ages?

I'm not talking about general things like the Germans not being able to fully invade Moscow/Russia and then failing during the winter, I'm thinking more about actual, single operations that had a massive impact about the war, which people might not know.

Just as some examples, I'm thinking about the arctic convoy of Great Britain (with the help of the US) for Russia. Or the fact that Göring decided to put the Bf109's to Africa where they were inferior towards the British planes and meanwhile the newer, more agile FW190 were destroying the Russian planes right and left with no problem.

I hope my question is clear enoug; English not being my native language it feels a bit hard for me to properly formulate what I mean.

As above. The core of the Comet was essentially a wartime design and there were some (admittedly sketchy) ideas floating around for pretty large jet bombers, but has anyone come across what a nazi jetliner might have looked like?

I know that Ford in particular had seen combat in the Pacific. How did presidents feel meeting somebody that many of them had been taught to hate? Was there animosity, tension, or was this left in the past in the name of diplomacy and to save face?

I've just finished Noam Chomsky's "On Anarchism" which has a lot of historical information about Catalunya's collectives, anarchism and syndicalism. I've heard Gabriel Jackson's "The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39" is a good account but Chomsky and George Orwell in his "Homage to Catalonia" disagree with a lot of the points Jackson makes or the points he brushes over as not that important. Having not read Jackson, I can't compare, but I would like to read the best and accurate account of the Civil War. (In English)

Bonus question: What sort of plans did Sweden have in place for this eventuality? Although they were a neutral power, I can't help but assume that push-come-to-shove, they would have been inclined to throw their lot in with the West, so was there any secret policy discussions on that matter?

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Life in Sparta seems like something out of a fantasy book rather than a real ancient civilization, and I feel as though such a state could never exist (or at least, couldn't exist for as long as Sparta did), even in modern times.

Friends,

Hello. Has anyone read this book. Wanted to know if its suitable for a beginner / easy to read. Thanks a lot.

Sid

Looking at many battles from the Peloponnesian War and earlier, cavalry forces often seem to be of token size, if even present at all. My thinking is that the wealthy citizens of many Greek cities certainly had enough money to outfit themselves as cavalrymen, so why didn't the Greeks take advantage of what could have been a vital asset on the battlefield?

For example, people in other countries pay bribes daily. Were there ever times in the US where this was a norm also?

Edit: If you only have knowledge on a certain period I would welcome that information as well.

Herodetus reports of an Athenian soldier called Sophanes who carried an anchor with him into battle so that when it came time to fight he could drop the anchor and prevent himself from fleeing.

Do we know anymore about this guy, if he was real or just a legend that Herodetus had been told?

Edit: Sorry about typo in title

What I am really curious about is, well mainly what allowed Phillip II to come into Greece, and conquer what was almost a unified force, prior to the collapse of the Delian League. (Also apologies if my question is poorly informed, I am recently interested in ancient Greek history and this is what I have kind f pieced together)