I am currently collecting research/articles/reviews or anything else related for my third year dissertation in Ancient History on the Roman amphitheatre games. I am particularly interested in a number of internal factors such as the spectacle idea/blood sport classification, the animals used, where they came from, what Rome's relations were with the countries from which the animals were sourced, and finally the social context/impact of the theatre games and the important role they played in the Romans' lives. I am intending to focus on the early-mid Principate period within Rome. Any sources/info would be greatly appreciated.

As I understand it, "ɑ" is the original form, as the letter arose from the lowercase alpha in the Greek alphabet. When did the modern print "a" appear, and why is it almost universally used in print when "ɑ" is still typically used in handwriting?

To make my meaning more clear, I visited ancient Corinth today and the museum was absolutely full of headless statues and bodiless heads. To me, all these toga wearing bodies looked very similar, yet the museum had them labeled as statue of Dionysus, Augustus, etc. Similarly, it seemed Gods and politicians could be recognised just from a statues head, even if the God had no real distinguishing features, such as Aphrodite. So my real question; how can archeologists tell a headless statue in a toga is Zeus, or that a disembodied female head is Artemis rather than any other God? Thanks for any answers.

I've always wondered why, also at that time were any environmental concerns voiced?

So my grandfather told me that his father, a WW2 Soviet ace, who flew a P39 Aircobra, also had a Jeep that his ground crew and him used to get to and from airfields. The story goes that after the war was over, he and his men were told to drive said Jeep to Archangelsk, where it would be returned to America. When they got there, they were ordered out and their car was driven onto a boat with a car compacter and crushed, after being drained of fluids.

I know that his father kept his leather fighter jacket, and most gear from the plane (which supposedly came with a kit of American made flight attire and comms equipment) other than the comms gear, and that P39's and 63's continued to service on with the Soviet Airforce.

What determined what equipment was "returned" and what was kept from Lend-Lease? Was any of it supposed to be returned per contract?

And what were their contributions/how closely were they involved in the Manhattan Project?

is it really true that while most of the West didn't act, the French went a step further and supported Hutu militias well after April 1994?

In every article or book mentioning him that I've come across, it's always written in the Western order, "Syngman Rhee" rather than the Korean order, "Rhee Syngman". His contemporaries like Mao Zedong and Kim Il-sung would be referred to as exactly that. Likewise, I've never come across "Chung Hee Park".

My dad is an airline pilot and a jumpseater on one of his flights was another pilot from a different airline commuting to work. This guy was raised in Ethiopia, although my dad says he was of European descent and was obviously raised by well to do parents. He showed my dad a bunch of photos of himself growing up in Ethiopia so I have no reason to doubt the man was from there. At some point in the flight, the man started talking about how around the 80's and 90's the Russian government came in and took thousands of Ethiopian children back to Russia where they kept them and raised them to adulthood. He said that in recent years most of these children have returned to Ethiopia and that they are the ones who are getting elected to government and basically run the country. According to my dad, the guy was on the verge of tears while saying all this because he was upset that his homeland was being ruined. Anyways, this is not something I had ever heard of and after googling around I still couldn't find anything that mentioned this happening. I'm not a historian by any means, in fact I'm also a pilot, but I was just wondering if this is anything you all could shed light on or have even heard of before. Thanks!

There are many pictures and videos of trucks transporting oildrums and jerry cans and simply considering the distances involved... Just wow. But what were the numbers actually like?

Edit: I'd also be interested in the same question applied to other theaters and times in the war.

I realize that this question is somewhat subjective and gesturing in the "what's if" direction, so if it is not appropriate for this sub, I understand.

However, something I have always wondered is the extent to which the various Soviet modernization policies (collectivization, the five year plans, etc.), while calamitous to many millions of people who were directly effected, were responsible for the eventual geopolitical strength of the state. Is there a consensus among historians as to whether the USSR's rise to being a superpower was mostly a consequence of the natural advantages that Russia enjoyed, such as a large population, huge strategic depth, victory in WWII, abundant natural resources, etc., or whether this was importantly facilitated by the industrialization and modernization policies that the Soviets put in place?

Another way to look at this question is whether the success of the USSR could have been replicated in other countries with less strategically amenable geographies and demographics (such as, for example, struggling African countries today).

Who corrected them? Did they write the lyrics themselves?

I want to know how remarkable it is that he was in the situation and had all the needed skills to survive?

EDIT: Robinson Crusoe

I've watched the last interview of Zoltan Latinovits (sorry Hungarian only) and was shocked how he, completely naturally, talked about how the role of actors were to help building the socialist state. Is this something he just said under -- probably unsaid -- pressure, a sort of understanding of what needs to be said on national TV or did he (and consequently most everyone else) believe all this??

I've always had a separation in my mind from the times of cave men to the beginnings of civilization, what happened between them? What caused civilization to spur so rapidly despite us living in the traditional cave men way for so long?