He went on to quote Cicero and, as this subreddit is keen to note, Roman sexuality was anything but "traditional."

Specifically what is their relation to modern south Slavs? Were they removed, killed, assimilated?

The Grand Tour? The discovery of Pompeii? Edward Gibbon? Early Christian hagiographies of saints? Procopius' Secret History?

Especially if you watch popular media about Rome, the most common trope is how sexually debauched everyone was. Obviously some of this is trumped up for ratings, but it seems to be so universally accepted in the modern popular consciousness that Rome was an effeminate and sexually deviant culture, and in some circles this idea is even used as a bludgeon against lgbtq rights and feminism.

So where did it start? Why do we so strongly associate the Romans with kinky sex?

I was wondering if there was anything like modern news. Obviously no printing press, but was there any way of messages being disseminated throughout the empire? Either by the Empire itself, or by some other organisations?

I'm having an argument here. I say that neither the United States nor any European or international power ever gave the Confederacy diplomatic recognition, so it is not a country. However, I am being told that the CSA was a country because it drafted a constitution, created its own currency, and raised an army.

Who is right?

It seems very strange to me that the vikings discovered the north America around 1000 AD and set up colonies there that lasted for 500 years, and yet no one else tried to colonise it, and Americas discovery was forgotten by the time Christopher Columbus "discovered" it. why was this?

A while ago, I read Ghengis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, and it was briefly mentioned that the Mongols' diet played a part in some of their victories, and I was wondering how much of an effect did this have in their successes? What differed the Mongols' diet from that of their enemies?

I read somewhere that Stalin's bad generalship was a factor. This is a period of history not commonly covered in University classrooms, so I'd love to hear more. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: 137 upvotes and not a single reply...?

Following most of the crusades, was their any kind of relationship between the kingdoms in those regions? I was wondering in particular about the England and the Byzantine empire in the latter half of the 1300s.

What were the types of cavalry in the early modern era and what of their tatics and their role from the battlefield?

I searched the FAQ's of this sub, and although there are a lot of posts regarding this topic, there is a shocking lack of source material cited. I am looking for literature on the history and the current developments of the Middle East conflict, in particular Palestine-Israel. I'm looking especially for books and academic or quality journalism publications; I'm also not looking for one particular point of view - most participants in this debate seem to be so partisan that I belief the best way to form an opinion is to read both sides.

Cheers

I'm specifically thinking of very large battles where huge amounts of aircraft would be flying in all directions all over the sky and it would be very hard to make out the markings/make of an aircraft and predict their flight path.