From Crown to Colonials.

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Was it named because it wasn't an empire wasn't Roman and wasn't holy

To add a little context, I'm familiar with St. Augustine more than other bishops; I'm specifically thinking of works such as his "On the work of monks", where he contrasts the virtues of a monastic lifestyle with what he portrays as greedy travelling ascetics; was this a widely held attitude or a prejudice that was quite specific to him?

I think i saw a thread on this, but no matter what i search i cannot find it.

From what i understand many early christians (thinking mostly about romans, but also medieval) believed that the end times was something that was not far off? When nothing happened after century after century was there any change in christian canon?

How were these theories developed and propagated? We're there any bias to accuse native Americans to paint in a light as irresponsible? After hearing theories of cataclysmic events as a potential cause for the extinction of fauna such as; Saber tooth tiger, wooly mammoth, wooly camels, etc... Is there any evidence to disprove one or the other?

Hey /r/AskHistoarians

Recently, the whole 'resist capitalism' movement has taken steam & a lot of pro-communist supporters are joining in & pushing their ideology. Which is fine, I believe we should have more options on the table then just capitalism. However, as a man who knows a thing or two about history, I can not recall state communism ever working. I also know that history repeats itself. And in this case, a lot.

Stalin, Mao, Lenin, Castro, The Kim Dynasty, Pol Pot, Minh & Khrushchev have at least over 100 million deaths in their collective hands combined. From famine, political assassinations, death from forced labor, proxy wars with the west, even more famine, mass murder and other unspeakable atrocities. As I see it, communism only works in theory but fails horribly in practice.

So, has there ever been a state that was successful without millions of civilians dying? Also, did I get anything wrong in what I posted above? Thank you in advance!

I ask this question because of a post in r/pics showing a picture of a trench from WWI taken in the last few years. It was suprising to see how well you could it even today.

I've read that professional soccer (football for most non-Americans) was popular in the 1920s in the United States, competing with football as the second most popular sport in the country aside from . Was soccer really that popular? And if so, why did it lose popularity?

It seems to me like it required a lot of organisation and expense to arrange a mass battle on the field. From what I've heard, most battles were skirmishes, sieges or raids for pillaging, because that's what generally won a war.

Why then, were there pitched battles? What examples can be drawn up for why this was, at times, necessary?

At least it was taught in my highschool.

I am really interested in learning more about the Wars of the Roses (for many reasons, not the least of which being that they are allegedly what George R.R. Martin based his novels on)? Everything I have read has been very dry, complex and frankly, boring. Is there any novel that really places you into the lives of the people involved in this conflict as opposed to being a history textbook?

I have heard that the reason Douglas MacArthur lost command during the Korean War was his insistence on using nuclear weapons on China and North Korea. How close were we to actually nuking them and what would have happened if we did?

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Suppose someone in the 18th or 19th century made too much soup or had leftover roast from dinner. How would they keep something like that to safely eat the next day?

I am an American living in the UK and they completely gloss over any US history. While I have a history degree, my children are missing a big part of their history. My wife doesn't really like it when I go on and on about history with my kids, so I am hoping for something that I can play for them in the car or the like.

Whats's the origin of the dollar symbol and has it been used to represent money/ other currencies prior to its use as the representation of the Dollar?

Generally speaking there is a consensus that Jesus, as a historical figure, existed, and that the Christ Myth Theory is wrong. I cannot find many arguments on the internet supporting the existence of a historical Jesus however, whilst CM Theory is readily available. How is it that the disbelief in a historical Jesus is such a rejected concept among scholars and historians?