After the rise of Rome and her eventual conquest of the Italian Peninsula (after wars such as the Samnite Wars, Social Wars), was there ever a strong Etruscan or Samnite or other tribe identity? Later in the Empire era and at the height of Roman power, were there people in Italy who identified themselves as these tribes? Did it ever play into politics or even question Roman authority?

It just occurred to me that the "v" gesture changed from a war-related symbol to the complete opposite! Any insight would be much appreciated.

I want to compare it to todays figures, thank you!

Brigadier General Meagher commanded the 69th New York Infantry (the Irish Brigade) during the Civil War. His brigade sustained the third most combat dead in all the Union's forces. He fought in many important battles like Bull Run (not as a brigadier general) and Gettysburg. From what I have read and heard he was not a well liked man and had been viewed by some as a poor military leader. I have also heard that there was a possibility that he was murdered when someone pushed him off a boat while he was drunk and resulting in him drowning. This is most likely a rumor. There are many critics and rumors surrounding him and I just wanted to see what people with knowledge had to say about it. Thanks.

I have always been intrigued by this. The sun never set on the United Kingdom and they discovered spices and exotic foods from all over the world. How did their food become so broken?

I was looking the plant up and realized that their territory was the eastern United States. That would imply that the native nations would be aware of them. Was there any special interest towards the carnivorous plant, or were they just another little swampland novelty?

For example, how did the pilgrims first make contact with the native Americans? Or Western merchants with Eastern countries? If they had no shared language, why weren't they killed on sight as potential invaders?

I'm looking for information on the European nobility during WW1. A book suggestion would be great. Basicly, I'd like to now what were the caracteristics traits of nobility at that time, how they were dressed, how they acted, the values they shared. Also, how was the October Revolution lived by the Nobles who were in Russia, and fled the country, and those in other European countries. My main focus is Russia and France. As France is not a monarchy by that time, any insight of how did the nobles lived in a Republic and though of the multiplication of Republics at the expense of monarchies would be great too.

Examples:

Rhodesian Bush War

Ugandan Bush War

Central African Bush War

Angolan Bush War

I’ve had the opportunity for an oral history project come up, and I want to find as many similar projects as I can. The people that I will be interviewing are street prostitutes from a smallish city and, if I’m lucky, some of their drug dealers. This project is primarily aimed at documenting the history of the city that is likely to be neglected by typical “History of X City” type projects, and I plan to document their lives rather than their crimes.

My Google searches have not turned up many results. I’m not looking for scandalous “tell-all” books or books that have a strong agenda, such as an anti-prostitution book written about former prostitutes. I’m approaching this as a history project rather than anthropology or ethnography – their current occupation is merely the thread that ties them together and not the focus of the research. The books also don’t have to be about prostitution, I’m interested in any oral histories of people who are normally hard to locate or reluctant to participate: homeless, drug addicts, etc.

I’m also interested in any resources on how historians taking the histories dealt with events being recorded that the interviewee might not want published until after their death. I spoke with an archivist, and she recommended in that case – if the information actually ends up being recorded – redacting that information and developing through wills or other legal means a way for the full transcript and audio to be published after the appropriate amount of time has passed. (I’m using published loosely here, I don’t expect this stuff to be really published, but just stored in archives and used for research.)

I’m hoping for a bit of leniency with the 20 year rule since this is a question on historiography and I’m seeking out methods and projects that have likely been developed in the past 20 years rather than information about events from the past 20 years.

If yes, how did they learn? Was there Sunday school?

It's hard for me to believe that the US' freeing and integration of slaves was the first instance of this happening in history. Also, would there have been a lot of similar effects such as the current "white guilt?"

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I was reading the Wikipedia article about centaurs, and one of the theories about their origin is that Greeks perceived the nomadic horse-riders as hybrids of humans and horses (or four legged beasts for that matter). Is it an accepted theory among historians? I am also wondering - clearly the Greeks had to come to the realization that centaurs are actually humans riding on horses, so why did this mythological depiction of this beast prevailed? The article also mentions the Aztecs who made the same mistake as the Greeks. Is there any visual or written evidence for that?

Were there restrictions based on wealth, social class, criminal record, etc.? Could anyone freely carry a sword for his own protection? What was the punishment for a violation?

It seems that the earliest minuscules lacked them but came to be used in blackletter.

I understand that after the Second World War there was a movement amongst the Allies to remove all traces of Nazi ideology from German life. But how intense was this? Was it as simple as pulling the statues down and banning the party, or was it a more focused attempt?

Also, given that even today in Germany, certain symbols to do with the Nazi party and the war are banned, how did Volkswagen etc. get to continue and grow without so much as a name change?

I'm hoping this is a question about history and not linguistics, though I'll cross-post if necessary.

Did the name for the roman form as seen in medieval literature derive or refer to Rome itself? I guess I'd always assumed that medieval epics about knights and whatnot were being likened to classical epic poetry. A friend recently challenged me on this, and I can't find a source to either back me up or prove me wrong. Happy for either to be the case, but I'm stumped so far.

As you might imagine, searching for the word 'roman' isn't very helpful.