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In many modern media portrayals Rome is often represented with a red color on maps, in costumes, etc. Where did this trend begin? Would Romans themselves have made this association?

What events led to the rise of the Italian peoples we saw in Medieval Italy after the peninsula had been conquered by the Germanic barbarian tribes? Was it that they simply never left but came to power later or were some other events at play like an Italian Diaspora of sorts?

I ask this because I've always wondered how the peninsula transitioned from Roman/Etruscan split, to Roman, then to Germanic tribal occupation and then to the city states all of which fell under the moniker of, "Italian" with a new Italian language in place of Latin.

Thank you all for your time and input on these subjects!

I understand that he followed the stab in the back myth, but it seems strange that he would believe that the Regime of Stalin was pro Jew when there was so much evidence to the contrary.

I am aware that Constantinople was conquered in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks, but were the crown jewels taken into the sultan's treasury to never be seen again? Are they possessed by a modern nation such as Turkey or Greece? I've been dying to know the answer to this question. Thanks!

I'm writing an essay regarding Timur the Lame based off of the information in the book "Before European Hegemony," and I know what Timur was able to accomplish as far as empire expansion is concerned, and how he was able to gain power in the aftermath of the black death.

I'm just confused as to why what he did was significant. From my readings, it seems like attempted to re-establish Chingis Khan's former empire but just ended up massacring everyone instead.

Did anything historically significant come from his rule besides the fact that he just conquered a vast territory? Was he able to help re-establish trading routes or the economies that were ruined due to the epidemics?

hello i wasnt really succesfull with this question at r/history so i will ask here again i need some good literature tips which will give me a good overview about the topics of the Ostsiedlung(not the one of the Nazis),the culture of the elbslavs/wends and the relation between the germans and the elbslavs the books could should be in german or english, i prefer german but english will also work fine thank you

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So far the earliest I can find is from a book called "Arabia, the cradle of Islam" published in 1900.

South American tactics/strategy are preferred.

Most of the horrible stories we hear about Columbus (and that have circulated once again this October 12th) come from one primary source, the investigation of Bobadilla. Interestingly, most of the deeds described in these papers were against Spaniard subjects rather than Indians.

Considering that Bobadilla was the one that gained the most from Columbus' demise (since he was named Governor of the Indies), can we trust his reports?

I feel this might be a poor question, but why?

I've been reading some of Lakatos's work, and in it he mentions that the American intellectual community took a firm stand against eugenicists (in his words "people investigating whether intelligence has a genetic component). He used it as an example of irrationalism affecting science, and his tone was alarmingly sympathetic towards what we now see as essentially racist apologia. It also reminded me of the tone of Asimov's famous quote on American anti-intellectualism. Which attitude came first, and did one rise out of the other? Was Lakatos's attitude widespread amongst European scholars?

I've heard a bunch of myths and stories regarding this, but I was curious as to what is generally accepted to have happened.

Also a side question, is there a reason it's head is so small in proportion to its body? I've read two different perspectives, one that it was always like that, while another view is that it was carved from a larger head that was originally there. Is there any definite answer to this?

Thank you!

I would like to do some reading on Viking lore and sagas, as well as culture. Any book, movie, or primary source recommendations would be very much appreciated.

I know that viking ships were some of the most technologically advanced of their time, but were Scandinavian ships from around 150AD-400AD able to make the open sea journey from Scandinavia to Ireland or the UK? Is there any evidence of Scandinavians from this time period meeting with and trading with Irish or British people?

Hitler envisioned a pure Empire with plenty of lebensraum for his master-race, but did the Japanese have any similar ideas? I've hear Hitler admired the Japanese for their supremacist views on their race, and they did treat the peoples they conquered, especially the Chinese, with wanton cruelty. Though, as far as I know the massacres perpetrated by the Japanese were a result of these supremacist views mixed with an army that treated its own soldiers with extreme cruelty and failed to supply them as well, forcing them to "forage" for supplies, but not stemming from a systematic goal to exterminate those it deemed inferior.

But did Japan have any plans for the vast swathes of land they conquered teeming with people they viewed as sub humans?

For what I understand Andrew Jackson was the first U.S. President to represent the common man, and to come from a humble poor background himself. He helped open the door to voting for all white males, not just landowning ones. Was there a British prime minister or leader that did something similar?

This year, Indigenous Day was probably more popular on social media than the actual Columbus Day holiday.