Spartacus: Blood and Sand portrays slaves servicing their masters as "fluffers". How historically accurate is this?

So, we all know the Arthurian legend. What kind of weapons did the Britons use to fight the Saxon shield walls? Was there a dominant kingdom or was there really a High King like in Ireland? How... was the ruling done? What was the average size of the armies? Feel free to add any information you want.

I'm not even sure "Japano-" is the right prefix, but there it is.

I don't understand why the UN troops specifically sent to guard the area, didn't engage?

I was wondering what exactly they did, how close or far they were from action, etc.

If possible, info Canadian ones would be fantastic. My grandfather took part (I think) in the liberation of Caen and the Falaise pocket. I know from my father that he worked a lot with radar/microwave equipment as he moved across Europe.

I'm trying to get a sense of what he did during the war, but he passed away a few years ago so any info, no matter how general, would be really appreciated. Thanks!

I began to wonder why nobody had ever considered building a replica. Clearly we have achieved much greater feats of engineering since then, I imagine the technique must be perfected. How long and at what expense did it take to construct the gardens, and how would it be compared to the time and effort today? Why has there been no projects to recreate it?

To be honest I have not done an absurd amount of digging on this specific question as of yet, but the scratching around I HAVE done so far seems to be somewhat inconclusive/contradictory, so I just wanted to see if anyone (read: educated professionals) out there might have a definitive source to suggest on the topic or point me in the right direction? I am trying to learn exactly what were the sequence of events that led Judea to becoming a Roman "client kingdom." I am aware of the tetrarchy and the subsequent squabbling over authority after Herod's death in 4 AD, but it is what happened BEFORE that event that I am asking about, if that makes sense. I read that Herod sent a delegation to Rome to ask the Senate if Judea could be accepted into the Empire as a tributary state to gain protection from a northern aggressor, and then I also read that, Pompey simply "conquered Jerusalem" and the rest is history....

Much appreciation if anyone can throw me a bone here! Thanks!

I use quotation marks because it really seems as though Austria-Hungary was their only major ally in Europe, whereas Britain, France and Russia were all connected to each other through various pacts

I'm always a little put off about the documentaries I see on the history channel about battles during ancient times (mostly Hellenic and Roman battles) where combatants are executing these spin moves where they end up constantly turning their backs to the enemy during close combat. Did anyone in the world fight like this (repeated spin moves during large scale engagements)?

But then I thought, how the hell do I know? Was this really how Athenians, Spartans and Romans fought or is this just the History Channel producers latching onto the popularity of "300" with it's dramatic fight scenes?

So I am 20 and I am a fan of those old visions of the future what life would be like today. It seems like even in the year 2000 many people had an idea of what they thought the year 2000 would bring. What made people want to predict the future and when did this start happening?

So i´m currently learning to play a game called "europa universalis 4".

It motivated me to learn more about this period of time, but i realized that i lack a general Historical and Geographical knowledge. So learning something now is kind of unrelated and lacking the big picture, it feels unsatisfying and reminds me of learning "history" in my school time. I changed my schools very often and all i got was scattered information about specific dates about the Nazi´s, if at all. Since i lived in Germany this was apearantly a "MUST LEARN AND NOT REPEAT" Topic.

TL;DR So basically my question is: Is there maybe an easy way to see the human history, from origin (guess africa) till present ?

Because i saw a gif a while back that showed the whole expansion of religion´s in europe compressed in a few seconds. So i thought there must exist something similar for humans/nations OR maybe a map/site where u can adjust the year with a slider and see immediatley what the world looked like then and some background information. I tried a few things like a book written for kids (that got annoying fast obviously) or an audiobook that was so dry and long i gave up fast.

So mayb something that can inspire me for human history like neil degrasse tyson does for science (or prof dr harald lesch in germany) if that exist for history.

Just to get me an idea, a foundation i can then improve on. Sry for my ignorance.

How common was it? was it more common among the poor? or does the stereotype of an inbred English member of the Aristocracy got some truth to it? Was there a stigma to it that was ignored for the sake of the political benefits marriages can give or was it considered acceptable? Or was it not really considered an issue at all?

I'm really just genuinely curious when I realized this is something I've never read a single thing on but may be very significant and worthy of a read.

Thank You.

A queen?

I was debating between here and /r/books but I thought this would provide a more historical view on which translation is best. I recently purchased a copy of The Art of War translated by Ralph D. Sawyer at a second hand bookstore and after research on here I have discovered there are many different translations. Is this just a version for people who have heard of tis book and want to read it because its popular? Is it a good translation for military tactics? If not what would be the best to buy?

I'm trying to understand the historical context but it's quite hard to see what was the source for these accusations. Quote from Mein Kampf:

Did not we boys already know that this Austrian State had and could have no love for us Germans? Our historical knowledge of the methods of the House of Habsburg was corroborated by what we saw every day. in the North and the South the poison of the foreign races ate into the body of our nationality, and even Vienna was visibly becoming less and less a German city. The Royal House were becoming Czech in every possible way; and it was the hand of the goddess of eternal justice and inexorable retribution that caused the most deadly enemy of Germanism in Austria, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, to fall by the very bullets which he had himself helped to mould. And he was the chief patron of the movement, working form above to make Austria a Slav State!