I was taking a look at this map in /r/MapPorn, when I thought to myself that over such a large area, there must be quite a few areas where neither Latin or Greek were Spoken. So what areas would there be at this time?
If I wanted to go out into whatever the equivalent of a town square was and talk to people, in what areas would I not be able to do so because few to no people there spoke Greek or Latin?
Did most people in Rome's conquered territories, such as Iberia or Gaul know Latin by this time? If I came up to a random person in Hispania or Aquitania or any other conquered province, would they be able to have a conversation with me or would they speak a different language? If So, what language would that be?
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Cranks claim to find "Out-of-place artifacts" all the time, and most of the claims turns out to be misunderstandings, fraud, etc.
But suppose someone do find something spectacularly different from what we expect to find - say, native American graves from 3000 years ago with Greek artifacts inside.
How would historians and archaeologists go about making sure that the find is real as opposed to a forgery or misunderstanding?
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I'm looking for books on this topic but any answers are appreciated. I'm curious about the reintegration of the lower level Einsatzgruppen, the SS, uninformed police etc back into society. From what I have read, most seemed to have escaped punishment in courts, but I'm wondering how they stepped back into their previous worlds, and if there are any books about this. Thanks
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EDIT: Charles Koch, sorry. Type not intentional.
This seems like an improbably successful program for any president, left or right; a government that managed to tax and spend less but still achieve full employment. Did Coolidge really manage these things? Was there a catch? And how do historians generally rate the legacy of 'Silent Cal'?
Source of quote: Exclusive Interview: Charles Koch On How To Save America - Forbes
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Wondering how they settled disputes or violence. Did everything have a corporal punishment or exile? I don't believe they had prisons so they must have been severe.
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Odor* sorry, Reddit
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The pipes are often described as an "ancient mystery" or an example of Fortean phenomena, and the Wiki article is rather sparse on details when it comes to the scholarly consensus about their nature.
Is there actually an ancient structure within Mount Baigong, and are these (allegedly radioactive) pipes a part of it? Or is this a bit of archaeological/architectural folklore that has gotten out of control?
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My memory is terrible. From what I remember my history teacher said germany invaded france in a week. IDR if this means took over or traveled from germany into position in france. From what I remember he also said typically a country declares war before engaging, germany didn't do it so france was surprised. France was also defending with horses against german tanks
This part is my question. From what I remember my teacher said there was some kind of wall or field germany MUST go through to get to france. But the germans bypassed it somehow but how? From the little I remember there wasn't any roads and many mountains so you couldn't get a tank through into france except along those roads. So was it a surprise and they just drove through the wall/field unannounced? Did they go through another country which france thought was an ally? I don't remember much except being told there was a defense and basically was unused/ignored/failed.
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I understand the concept of a supply line (a fixed route for a military incursion to exchange men and materiel back and forth with the home base), and I understand that some generals maintained them while others preferred to live off the enemy's land, but how did you maintain one? Did you have to leave troops behind to hold the land all along the route, or just a token presence? If you crossed a general's supply line, would you know it? If you wanted to break a supply line, what would you do?
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As I read about English history, I read a lot about men who were members of the peerage, but can't actually figure out what any of them were actually doing and what work went along with that title. (My interest is specifically about British earls during the Enlightenment, but also just sort of in general.) What does the British nobility do!?
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I've been watching a BBC special on Ancient Egypt, and so far they've discussed both Howard Carter and Giovanni Belzoni.
It seems like Belzoni was barely a step above grave robbing, while during Carter's time, the transfer of antiquities is more regulated, and closer to how I imagine modern archeology.
Was there a shift in methods? When? What brought on the change?
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I was looking up on Wikipedia what events happened on my birthday, September 11th (inb4 9/11 comments), and there's a lot of stuff that doesn't sound like it should have an exact date.
1226 – The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes
1185 – Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
On my friends birthday it listed events from 100AD. How do we know it happened on that day? My first example doesn't sound like something that can be pinpointed to the exact day.
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Thanks to really dull closing shifts, I found the story of the Cadaver Synod, which may be the most insane thing I've ever read. A pope put his dead predecessor trial, found him guilty, and had him excommunicated. While I can appreciate the spectacle, I don't understand the purpose. What was the pope trying to gain from this trial? What did it accomplish?
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Did the Mongols actually set up administrative control and collect regular taxes from Hungary or did they just raid it once and sack all the cities? I am confused as to how much control the Mongols had over their Empire in Europe.
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Here in Greece, the unlucky day is Tuesday the thirteenth. After some asking, I found it's because Constantinople fell to the crusaders on Tuesday 13 1204. Is there a historical event that explains why Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day in other nations?
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From what I have read of the French Revolution, I have come to learn that many historians and accounts depict the French Revolution in a negative light, or in a more mixed light compared to the American Revolution. I haven't found much (except for Johnathan Israel and Robert R. Palmer) other work with a generally positive view of the Revolution, except in the work of 19th-century liberals and Marxists.
Can the good people of /r/AskHistorians refer me to some more books and resources that have a more positive view of the French Revolution in general?
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I've been researching this topic for a bit now, and can't really seem to find any reliable sources on why the United States didn't expand inwards into Mexico, as not being "American" enough. Any possibility someone can help me out on this, and why did the U.S. pay $15 million to Mexico to take the land?
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Just recently I was looking at leftover Roman structures in Britain on google, many of which are overgrown and crumbled. This made me wonder how much the Romans really settled or mixed with the native Brits. Were they more like the Normans, perhaps, who seemed to mostly only really make a difference amongst the nobility (to my knowledge).
Do we know for sure if any of the Romans really settled in Britain (as in, settled the land with their families)? I'm part English, for example, does this mean that there's a marginal chance that I would have ancestors from England who were once Romans?
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