Did the Romans have a similar ritual as we have when we commemorate the dead from wars in the past(The Great War, World War 2, Korea, etc)?

I am mostly interested in rituals during the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.

I was quite surprised in finding out that during some overview reading , French Vichy colonies decided to support the new puppet government at the time and even fought against the Allies instead of helping them until liberation. So why did places like French controlled Madagascar which was very far away from any immediate Axis control battle against the Allies and not revolt?

I'm writing a research paper for a history of antisemitism and the holocaust class, and I need quite a few primary sources to make a good paper. My particular topic is examining the transition in Hitlers adolescence (under the assumption all humans are born "good") from an innocent young boy to an antisemitic overseer of a genocide. I know this will include many factors, including the popularity of antisemitism and how that may have warped his upbringing, but I need primary sources to make this argument.

If you're able to give me any good sources or books I'm sure I could be able to locate them somehow. I appreciate all your help in advance!

Why, despite the fact that the Australians were landed at the correct location, and having said location being a point with lighter defenses than the rest, did the Australians get slaughtered at Gallipoli?

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I apologise if this is an inappropriate question here. I don't want to break any rules in one of my favorite subs.

Anyway, do any of you folks know where I can find CG models or reproductions of ancient cities and\or sites? I'd love to see what London looked like before the great fire, or ancient Athens, you know, stuff like that.

The Voynich manuscript is kept in Yale University and people have been trying to decode it for years. Has it been mentioned in any historical documents?

My question is: what kind of jobs can I expect if I finish this line of studies? Are there any others on this subreddit that have gotten such a degree? What job are you currently doing?

I was hoping to orient myself towards military history if at all possible, although not too sure how to do so...

I see some similarities and differences between the two events (the takeover of India by the British Crown and the takeover of Congo by Belgium) but sadly I'm not knowledgeable enough to see which are just incidental and which are fundamental. I was wondering if it was possible to build a meaningful narrative from the similarities or if the differences were too important for that? In the first case, and if it has been tried, a reference to that opus would be welcome.

I'm wondering, because I know that the Japanese traded with the Dutch from the 17th century onward, but otherwise trade and travel was closed to the rest of Europe. When their ports were forced open and Europeans visited, why weren't they wiped out like the Native Americans were? The Japanese were an island nation with no immunity built up from raising livestock!

I'm working my way through The German War by Nicholas Stargardt and find it a compelling and eye-opening read. The book tackles a range of topics but, owing to its breadth, necessarily skims over certain issues.

One of the things I'm struggling to comprehend is the process by which numerous social and ethnic groups became constructed as subhuman or else legitimate subjects of persecution and extermination -- including such heinous activities the casual mass murder of children and the rape of women. The conflict seemed to become less a war against nations and more a war against peoples.

How far back in German history did these prejudices stem, and to what extent were they truly supported or known about by the German people, police and military personnel?

I believe, for instance, that a general hatred toward Poles grew out of their perceived poor treatment of a German diaspora within the country, with strident and heavy-handed persecution as exacted by the Reich and local militias thus legitimised as (a) retribution for crimes against the German people, and (b) a means by which the failure of WW1 would not be repeated.

Although Stargardt refers to individuals who objected to certain events, such as the extermination of handicapped children within asylums or the shooting of innocent children as forces marched through eastern Europe, the voices of such individuals come across as few in number and either ignored or else uttered only in private.

Someone recommended I pick up a copy of Origins of Nazi Genocide by Henry Friedlander, but this seems to focus more on eugenics and the administration of mass murder than the historical socio-political context by which such activities became legitimised. Are there any other books out there that explore these issues?

I've listening to a lot of Noam Chomsky's lectures on Anarchism, and he refers to the Anarchists in Spain as achieving, for a short time, an Anarcho-Syndicalist society for a short time before it was crushed by the communists, fascists, and western democracies.

Was this short lived society a spontaneous happenstance or was it the culmination of multiple generations?

All of the major European powers seemed to be in on this rush for power on the continent of Africa during that time. It has been years since I learned about the topic, but why didn't the US get involved at all? Seafaring trades routes had been established for hundreds of years, so it seems that many in the US could somewhat easily access the continent. Was it because of the economic turmoil that the country was experiencing during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War? Was it because of the Racial make up of the United States, and the fact that a War had just be fought to abolish the slavery of African Americans? Was it because of the trend of Westward expansion, and expansion of influence into the Pacific and the Latin American areas that kept the US too Preoccupied to look back east? It just seems strange that I can't recall anything about the US during the hugely influential colonial event in History.

What did silk look like in Europe in the Viking Age? Was it shiny like you see most silks now or did it look more like linen?

As a focus, what was silk like in Britain and Ireland in the same time period?

By viking age I mean from approximately the 6th C. to the 11th C.

Thanks!

I have always enjoyed learning about world history; however, I have a difficult time discerning what is happening in other parts of the world that is happening at the same time as the subject I am reading. Is there a good historical timeline source? Like that Swamp People show where the guy is catching a gator in South Louisiana, and they cut to " Meanwhile in another part of the state " kind of thing. It doesn't have to be a show. A book would be preferable. Thanks!

With people talking about women now being required to register for the military draft in the US it has me thinking about the concept. I know that in other countries around the world this already exists and has for a while.

So I'm wondering about this idea from a historical perspective. In other areas around the world in the past did women commonly fight in military units alongside men?

It seems strange to me that Hitler chose to invade Denmark and Norway, but not Sweden. Why was this?

Matsuo Basho is a legendary japanese poet and Zen Master. His most famous works, like The Narrow Road to the Deep North, revolve around accounts of his travels on foot across Japan. In each of these journeys, he was accompanied by a different companion. Despite the fact that Basho spent literally every day with these young men for months at a time, little to nothing is said about them other than noting their presence and recording a few of their poems.

Who were these men?

Why did they accompany Basho?

What was the actual nature of their relationship, can we guess that from cultural context of the period?

Do we know anything about their history or what they did after these journeys?

You always hear that prostitution is the oldest profession. Is it true? And if so, how long back can it be dated to?

Obviously the US military has seen plenty of combat since World War 2. Why was there no congressional declaration of war in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or in any of the other conflicts of the 20th century's latter half?