I've always heard stories of Roman emperors/wealthy statesmen partaking in orgies and I've always wondered how much perverted acts actually took place, such as the stories about Caligula and Tiberius, and how well these people's heigine would have been.

What other factors were involved?

As you probably know, a popular topic in Greece right now is the question of German reparations for WWII occupation - i.e. we don't owe you since you owe us first.

I am trying to find out more information about this, but a lot of articles on the Internet are filled with vitriol and many point to wikipedia.

Spiegel claims the debt is 162 billion Euros, but Greek media put it up to 760+ billion!

I am wondering about several things:

1. What are the most accepted estimates of civilian/military deaths in Greece? What about demographic damage (lost generations) and economic? Is there a listing of forced loans?

Also if possible, how correct are statements that Greek treasury was specifically used to fund war in North Africa?

2. What is the best and concise source for reparations? Many articles claim there were no reparations paid, however, this does not seem to take into account damages to victims of Nazi crimes.

3. How did the process of forgiving/forgetting reparations go after Paris/London agreements? I am bit familiar with the process in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia and they differed, were complicated and negotiations carried well into 1960is? Did the idea about reparations reappear after 1989 and the end of the Cold War as some articles claim?

4. Additionally, what about Greek involvement in Barbarossa? Germans utilized troops from other puppet countries, I am curious about any Greek divisions.

Thank you in advance for your replies. I look forward to sources for further reading.

Since Japan and Germany were allies during WWII, I'm curious how much the Japanese knew about the Nazis' death machine and all the atrocities in Europe. And if they knew, what was the reaction of the Japanese brass? Did they feel indifferent, guilty by association, or anything else?

Were they commissioned to be built by the state or were they private? Who was involved in approving the design? Were the architects paid well? And was there usually one architect, or a team?

Any insight or resources that could help me answer these questions is greatly appreciated.

One of my friends is currently an elementary school teacher and is pregnant.

It got me wondering...I've been under the impression that primary education has been "women's work" since the 1800s. Even nowadays, the field is mostly filled with young women. But it was taboo to even say the word "pregnant" on TV even into the 1950s. Historically, were young women not allowed to teach while they were expecting? Were teachers in the past primarily older women past childbearing age? When did this shift happen?

I've heard a lot about the huge amount of material support that made its way to the USSR from the USA and Britain through Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, etc. My question is, with Stalin strongly desiring more direct involvement from the British and Americans in fighting the Germans, why couldn't actual troops be sent as well? Were they just letting the Soviets "tire themselves out", so to speak?

Christians missionaries both Protestant and Catholic were active in China at the time, and had made converts amongst the population. There were also apparently a handful of old Nestorians left in remote areas. When the rebellion was finally crushed and the purge of all traces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began, what was their fate? Were they largely spared, or targeted as well?

The Manhattan project was such a gargantuan effort -- I'm surprised it was kept so well under wraps from whistle blowers. Or was there some level of public awareness that was actively squashed and/or dismissed by the government, media, or the public at large?

I understand that the USSR actually did infiltrate the organization, but that was government to government espionage rather than whistle blowing or internal exposure to the media.

This question kind of popped into my head considering all the recent leaks i.e. Snowden, Manning, Assange...

The UK and Germany was already in a state of war when the German invasion of Norway happened, and seeing as the Royal Navy was quite powerful, it seems strange that they did not manage to interdict the naval part of the German invasion.

Why did the fail do this?

So some back story; I graduated from college with BA in Social Science/History, I applied for a job titled museum curator helper. I thought that this would be my jumping off point and that I would be doing basic assistance stuff like dusting, organizing, and in general gaining experience and learning. This thought of mine was confirmed in the interviews when we went over a loose outline of the job. A few weeks later I get the job and actually begin work for the first time. This is where my trouble begins. There are no workers, curators, managers, directors, or other people in the museum; I am the only one. I have no experience with cataloging or tracking down exhibits or really any general curator work. I have been told to "run with it" and have only 2 days a week at 5 hours a day scheduled to work (being extra help) to do a full curators job. Please /r/AskHistorians, I need any advice, tips, sites, experiences, anything you can offer.

TL;DR Got a job out of college as museum curator helper, am now the curator with no experience, need advice.