After reading about Boudica and how her daughters were raped by the Romans as punishment, I began to wonder who did the raping? Like was it an official government job, like being an executioner where you just went around and raped people as a punishment? Or was it more of a whoever happens to bet here situation?

How correct is the portrayal we see in popular culture? Did slaves cost relatively a lot of money? Did it make sense to treat these human assets so harshly?

Hello all,

Looking for sources detailing PTSD in soldiers from WWI onwards, and therapy methods used to help them; specifically looking at drama-therapy and other forms of arts therapy here.

Any information would be much appreciated; with drama/arts therapy for this condition being quite an obscure topic (especially the WWI/WWII stages) anything is incredibly helpful.

Questions for clarification most welcome!

I'm going to start off a point out that I'm fascinated with the early history of England. Now to the questions. One, where were the Ancient Britons from? Two: What did they look like? I've heard from several people that they were dark. Three: How many people are related to these Ancient Britons? Are British people, or people of British descent, related to the Anglo-Saxons or both? Sorry for the loaded question, I'm just curious.

Everyone hears how WWI started when the Russians went to protect their fellow Slavs in Serbia. But looking on a map, the group of people called South Slavs is separated from Russia and the other Slavs by a few countries. We're these two groups once the same and then somehow another group moved in between them or was there always this separation? Also how are they similar? A lot of Americans like myself have a hard time understanding the differences in ethnic groups among light skinned people. Here you are pretty much just white. So do the regular Slavs and South Slavs share a language, culture and maybe even genetic background or is the relationship more abstract than that?

I'm reading the Count of Monte Cristo. The bulk of the story so far is set in either Italy or France between about 1815 and 1840. In the story, the Count always travels with an entourage of servants and several slaves. One of the slaves is an "Arabian" and the other is a Greek woman.

How did a Greek woman become a slave? How did an Arabian man? It was my understanding that European slaves were almost universally Africans. Or was there a whole second slave trade in the "Orient" where Europeans could be enslaved? The Count does mention that he acquired both slaves in the East.

Second question: I think slavery was abolished in France in 1840. What were the slave's options if the Count brought them to France? Could they just leave the Count? Was there any concept of asylum for foreign slaves brought the France? Did France recognize the "property" of foreign visitors?

EDIT: I've since looked into this on my own a little and it seems the "Greek" slave is probably Turkish (though the two phrases were probably interchangeable?) and the Turks had loads of slaves into the 19th century. So the girl was a slave in Turkey and probably not a slave at all in France, though the Count sure likes telling everyone that she is.

It'd still like to know what the options would be for a woman in the Greek slave's position would be. If she walked away from the Count, could she stay in France?

And just a few years earlier, France did allow slavery under Napoleon? Is that right?

Some of my first thoughts is that both sides were not prepared to fight, causing slow mobilization. Another thought is that resources among both sides were split. North had more physical resources such as factories, iron and guns and a stronger economy. but the South had slave labor and 2/3rds of the countries officers. Lastly could total war prolonged the war? Am I right at all? What else made the war last so long?

Thanks everyone!

I'm currently doing research for a book I'm writing, and I plan on making the protagonist a lesbian.

I'm interested in the practical and logistical ramifications. How did lesbians discover their local gay community? How would lesbians date? What were the living arrangements for lesbian couples? What were the broader social attitudes towards lesbianism specifically?

Thank you very much in advance.

Was it mainly hunting parties?
Trading with chieftains?
What was the primary mechanism that got the potential slaves on the boat headed towards the Americas?
Thank you for your answers.

(Disclaimer: This question is born from a sheer desire to better understand history and has no root in racism. Thank you.)

Was there a specific reason for it or was it just a random name?

My Ulster-Scots extracted Grandad thought he was a criminal but I am a bit of a fan. Stood up to a corrupt and predjudiced police force.

I don't even know if he was newsworthy outside of Australia.

All 3 for hero/villain but in the US I am wondering about cowboy comparisons...

For example, did people hear their internal monologue in their chests if they thought the heart controlled thought? Sorry if this is overly complex!

im currently i'm High-school as a junior and I'm really interested in history but the money isn't there... And it seems jobs are very hard to find prove me wrong?

What about 1800s? 1700s? Earlier?