I recently got into the Punic Wars. That is a story of full on awesomeness. But after reading Livy and checking out some other sources, they all come from such Roman bias that it made me wonder. What do we have regarding these wars outside of Polybius, Livy, and Dan Carlin?

Any help is appreciated.

I saw Heart of the Sea and was thinking that even in the turn of the century petroleum oil industry would not be a huge treat to whaling. (Since much of whaling continued till the 1970s) but did those in the whaling industry get involved with petroleum oil industry at all

Why is City Hall not a path to the top? Is it looked down on? Why should Congress be a more reliable inside path? Surely a mayor of say NYC could offer valid qualifications?

I'm not necessarily referring to Guoliani.

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The photos look damn dramatic, was it poor wooden construction, bad urban planning, or did it start at an oil refinery?

I'm wondering if any ancient society was essentially able to guess correctly the origin of humanity based on observing the animals around them, and if that worked its way into a documented ancient religion or other story.

Why weren't there any Native-American slaves in the USA when slavery was acceptable?

The way I understand it, the Type 93 'Long Lance' torpedo was much deadlier than American torpedoes, because of it's greater speed, range, damage, and difficulty in spotting it. However, damage to the volatile torpedoes could sink destroyers carrying them.

The way I see it, carrying oxygen torpedoes nullifies this weakness, since damage severe enough to detonate the torpedo would down the aircraft anyway, while improving survival rates by keeping the torpedo bombers further from Allied AA screens. Was it just impossible to make oxygen torpedoes small enough to be carried by single engine craft? It just seems strange that they wouldn't play their torpedo advantage to the hilt.

Before the Great War, how did soldiers not run away from the front? They were marching toward almost certain death, how did they manage to keep from running before the first volleys of shots?

Recently started watching High Castle, based on The Man in the High Castle, and they mentioned that Hitler had Parkinson's and was going to die in 6 months to a year. My question is this: Did Adolf Hitler actually have Parksinson's, and is there any specific historical evidence hinting (or even confirming) that he did?

Hello, I need some help finding primary sources circa 1778 that might contain some information regarding the British reaction to the 1778 Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France. If anybody could point me in the right direction that would be much appreciated.

Hey, I was wondering why the events that took place in Cambodia are classified as genocide. Wouldn't it be classified more as crimes against humanity? I'm doing research for a school assignment and I've seen people refer to the events as genocide when I can't find any indication of Khmer Rogue targeting a specific racial/ethnic group, as they were mainly targeting educated people (doctors, teachers, etc.) and people who follow any religion. Could you please clear things up for me?

There are rules against politics and current events in this subreddit, but I'd like to know if Adolf Hitler's rise to power is similar to anything in the latter half of the American 20th century.

As a non-politician who was a powerful public speaker, how did he become Germany's leader? Did he drum up public support or was his ascendency just part of a growing National Socialist party?

What did this look like to the average German at the time?

And vice versa. How deep were we in the soviet's business?

If people were hung during the Salem witch trials, what would happen to atheists, or other religions?

Was there some sort of guideline for what Catholic clerics had to wear?

In contrast to a big warmonger