I mean more than arrange the troops and encourage the men,i imagine he didnt just run and yell inspirational things...What did he do?

Most American sources described as egomaniac who ruined his country. What do Mexicans think of Santa Anna?

As an American visiting the UK I have noticed very major differences in the way the average American treats someone vs how a Brit does. So my question is basically was the life of slave different depending on which country they were taken to?

I have seen threads talking about how other conquistadors communicated with the Indians, but I was wondering how specifically De Soto managed to communicate. Also any good books on the De Soto expedition that go into good detail?

Obviously our two-party system is "strong" enough to prevent it from happening now. But given the fact that in the hypothetical hung parliament scenario, you would need a coalition congress not only to elect a speaker, but the same coalition for every committee and for pretty much all procedural purposes. This seems like such a mess that I can't imagine it ever working.

So my question is: has such a situation (no majority party in one or both houses of congress) ever happened in US history and how was it handled?

I'm trying to solve a family mystery. My 2nd great grandfather was born into a large, wealthy family in Maryland. His father died in 1827 when he was about 4 and 4 years later he went to live in Zanesville for 2 years (from a short biography I found about him). I don't know how he got there or who took him. I want to go there and hit the libraries and historical societies for any clues. Would he have been likely to go to school? Could he have been apprenticed to someone (seems too young). He grew up to be a '49er. As an adult, he worked as a clerk and ran a livery in California.

At the time of Augustus, when Rome had a population of a million citizens and the the empire had a population of approximately 40-60 million people, how many Roman aristocrats were life-long members of the senate?

Im Curious as to when Colonial empires, such as Spain, and Britain began to use colonial troops to help police, and maintain their colonies, as well as help fight wars in their locale/overseas. So far all ive found is the more modern examples or asian examples such as Sepoys, and trained auxiliaries in Asia. I cant seem to find things about the Americas and the Colonies

I've been wanting to get into Byzantine history, so I recently started reading the Secret History written by Procopius, describing the reign of Emperor Justinian during the 6th Century. It's pretty intense in its depiction of Justinian and Theodora as these monsters hell-bent on wealth, murder and debauchery. While I don't necessarily believe that Justinian was a demon whose head disappeared or dissolved periodically, I have to wonder about the rest of the work. Is there any truth to the wild allegations that Procopius leveled at his Emperor and Empress, as well as their whole coterie? If so, what other sources can verify it? If not, why would he be compelled to write such a visceral attack?

What is the first record of a "museum" for the purpose of displaying old objects, and what objects were in that museum?

I recently came across an article about how there was evidence of deep sea fishing around 40,000 years ago. Back in this time, or in any other pre-modern civilization, what would be the process involved in catching something like a tuna?

Obviously newly formed Battalions would have had a cadre of experienced troops pulled from existing Battalions. But did the British Army have an infrastructure that allowed further Battalions to be formed without interrupting the framework? i.e. more NCO's than were needed to be at operational effectiveness, or were soldiers and NCO's promoted to fill these positions when the size of the army began to increase rapidly?

I was asked this question today, I didn't have an answer, nor could I find one in one of my books. Hopefully you guys can help!

I was reading that their consideration of this option was what lead to the USA re-suppling the Israeli's in Operation Nickel Grass. I was wondering how seriously they considered this option and if it was more of a bluff? How much is known on the subject vs speculation?

There are lots of other practical and possible shapes, whether in the form of squares, far narrower/longer rectangles, or tapering triangular pennants. How did the modern standard come about, and how in the world did someone apparently get every nation in the world to abide by it?

Secondary questions:

1. Did it happen like that? With an officer asking if Wellington wanted to use his artillery against the enemy general, and the Duke declining being quoted as saying something along the lines of "It is not the business of commanders to be firing upon one another."

2. Was there any reason other than custom and politeness for declining to shoot in such a case?

I and a distant friend have a book club of two. We just finished Milton's, 'Paradise Lost' and now are keen to delve into Ovid's, 'Metamorphoses'. For two English-only readers, does anyone care to freely offer their wisdom on which translation you would recommend? All insights gratefully received.

American and British nicknames such as "Jerry" and "Kraut"

The title is pretty self-explanatory. I remember hearing a quote that said (I'm paraphrasing), "Politics is the art of getting people to want to please you." Politicians, as a group, become hugely successful because they're able to win people over through personal charm (e.g., Clinton or Reagan) or rarely, railroad people into doing what they want through sheer force of will (LBJ). Nixon? Well...

Besides his well-known curmudgeonly public persona, Nixon's personal relationships seem to be highlighted by his own stiff/insecure/paranoid/out-of-touch nature (recent example: Google the phrase "Nixon girls don't swear"). Nobody actually seemed to like Nixon, even if many in his inner circle greatly respected him. Yet somehow he managed to elevate himself from obscurity to national profile multiple times.

So how the hell did everybody's weird Uncle keep winning popularity contests?

What is an empire?

Why is Byzantium not just called the Roman Empire and why isn't its fall considered the actual fall of the Roman Empire?

I know there was a shortage of Oak to some extent in England and Wales during the expansion of the Navy in the 18th century but I wondered if France, for example, ever looked to destroy any forests to further hamper this.

Naturally, I am curious about post 1953 or so. If there are certain systemic issues in the Holodomor etc that continued to reverberate in the second half of the twentieth century that would certainly be relevant, but the Holodomor itself is not relevant.

Broadly speaking, I often understand the stereotype of the people of the Soviet Union as being poor, but working poor, and unemployment, vagrancy, and homelessness were virtually unknown. Is this true? And if it is, to what degree did it constitute real success at eradicating extreme poverty, rather than, for example, papering it over by simply converting a few unused apartment blocks to dense, low quality living space (or outright false reporting)?

I'm also interested in the sort of regional inequalities of this issue, both in terms of urban/rural divide and between the many different areas of the USSR.