I know (or at least I think I know) that a lot of natives stayed together in tribal units throughout much of the US's history (the 5 civilized tribes springs to mind) but did natives ever abandon their tribes and join the US? If so, how common was this? What would happen to the ones that tried to integrate?

It's common knowledge that the Romans had public/communal baths. My question is: exactly how were they perceived? That is, was it the sort of thing you invited people to? Almost entertainment, like a day at the spa that you might ask your girlfriends to? Did Roman men ask their bros to go bathing together that day? Or did you just kind of go and socialize with whoever was there? My modern mind just can't wrap around the idea of inviting people to bathe with you, so I kind of assume it's the latter, but I'm curious if that's actually the case.

Lately a handful of designers have produced robes intended for wearing around town, but even though these garments are made from outdoor-friendly materials like gabardine or flannel, it's inevitable that wearing them will invite questions like "uh, is that a bathrobe?" The robe in western culture has an unshakeable link to bathing. How did this happen?

I noticed that most people featured in Chinese propaganda posters during Mao's era have thick or bushy eyebrows, like how everyone is blonde in Nazi propaganda poster. So are many North Korean posters.

I guess this symbolizes bravery and hard will, but is there any better historical or artistic explanation to this?

Related: did any country perceive themselves as being at a technological advantage in some area and makes economic, strategic and tactical decisions accordingly?

Basically wondering were volunteers better off (less likely to go over the top) than conscripts.

Nowadays if you join the army in the UK you can ask for the artillery, or to be a cook etc. Was this the case in WW1 or was it simply a case of sign this and we'll do what we want with you.

I'm considering examining this question as a mini thesis (~2500) words as my HSC Extension History Major Project, but I'm interested to hear what people with actual credentials say about the historiography of slavery.

Hello! I've been collecting information about the Great Heathen Army of vikings that raided England starting in the year 865, and I'm conflicted abouy a piece of info I've run across. Most sources I've found say that the Army was... well, BIG, the biggest army the vikings had ever amassed, but they tend to avoid giving an actual number. However, the book "The Great Heathen Army: Ivar 'the Boneless' and the Viking Invasion of Britain", by Benjamin James Baillie states that they were 10.000 to 15.000 strong.

Could that really be possible? Seems like a bit exagerated, doesn't it? I mean, I know that the greeks and the romans gathered enormous armies, but that many danes sailing at the same time to raid... What do you think?

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Hi all,

I am currently doing a research role for a TV show, and one of the questions my producer asked me today was about weather you would see a bar or an area where drinks/wine would be served in brothels. In our script we have a character leaning against a bar and grabbing some drinks for his mates, and it is written in a very casual way as if it was common to have a bar/drinking zone in brothels. (keep in mind that in the script it is described as 'a low end brothel') But I am finding it difficult to find an accurate idea about if this would of actually happened.

I really appreciate any ideas you can give me!

Hey guys I was hopping that you could give me some historian's views on the American Revolution?

I remember seeing a video, telling that ancient Egyptians believed, that a person dies a second time, after his name is forgotten.

Another thing told I'm that video was a Greek mythology about some hero who had to chose a reward. Either be immortal or be remembered forever.

I tried googling but I couldn't find anything. Either these "facts" are lies or I suck at googling.

I want to read a history of the Roman Empire, from start to finish. I just finished The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt, and it was great! My intent was to transition into Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, but...

Here's the problem. Rise of Rome ends at the assassination of Julius Caesar, but Decline and Fall doesn't start until the 2d century AD.

That leaves a HUGE gap in time, encompassing important rulers like Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, the Year of the 4 Emperors, etc etc.

Is there any book - or books - covering this gap? One book dealing this all of this gap would be great, but I'm also willing to tackle a bio of each missing ruler.

Thank for any help!!!!

I've often heard it said that Sherlock Holmes — the deerstalker's classic model — would never have worn one. Likewise, although at least one of the few reliable witnesses identified Jack the Ripper as sporting a deerstalker, it's been suggested by a few researchers (Gian Quasar's Scarlet Autumn comes to mind) that such headgear would have made the Ripper stick out like a sore thumb, that it would have been laughably incongruous in 1888 Whitechapel.

How much truth is there to this? Would it have been an absurd fashion choice outside of actual deer stalking?