I want to know about the riots in the imperial Roman legions. Not in the auxiliary troops, but in the legion. For example, Rhine mutiny. (AD 14) Are there any other examples like this?

I've been looking into decline of the Roman Republic, and something that's confusing me is the nature of Agrippa and his relationship with Octavian. Most Roman military leaders are glory hounds- they fight wars for the spoils and the prestige; a triumph is the greatest honor possible for a general. A lot of accounts about Octavian seem to paint he picture that he was failing upwards- he wasn't a very good military commander, wasn't very interested in warfare, and if it weren't for Agrippa generally kicking ass, he probably wouldn't have accomplished any of "his" military victories. The two of them seemed to offset each other's weaknesses quite well, but that Roman trait of seeking glory doesn't seem to be very prominent with Agrippa.

So why was Agrippa willing to stay Octavian's "underling?" I know they were childhood friends, but most Roman leaders seemed to chafe under the glory of their peers. Why was Agrippa so willing to back Octavian, to the point of forgoing his own triumph following Octavian's failed ambush of Sicily? Did Agrippa just not have any interest in glory and politics?

Years ago in college I read an essay by Nietzsche, "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life" as part of an introduction to Foucault. One of my take aways from that was how the past serves as a warehouse of stories and that what most people think of as "history" is often a selective curation of the past to legitimize something politically in the present. Lately I've been studying the history of the Italian unification because through some peculiar italian interpretation of jure sanguinis I was able to become a dual citizen. I really enjoyed this quote by Massimo d'Azeglio, Prime Minister of Sardinia who said "L'Italia è fatta. Restano da fare gli italiani", translated as "We have made Italy. Now we must make Italians." I found it interesting to realize that my American identity was actually older than the Italian identity. In my studies I noticed how romantic italian nationalist invoked Battle of Legnano and how the fascists saw themselves as heirs of Rome all as parts of trying to construct and influence italianness.

This made me wonder to what extent is Chinese "history" a selective curation as part of CCP efforts to legitimize their political vision? When did Han chinese start calling themselves Han, and when did that actually become a meaningful identity to an average Han person?

I am looking for a good modern history book that spans complete history of Rome. I loved Rubicon from Holland and SPQR from Mary Beard. Gibbon is great but I would like something more new.

So a books that will have wars with Italics, Punic wars, Gracchi brothers, Caesar, Octavian, Hadrian, Trajan until 475.

Thanks in advance.

So I’m Australian and I’ve recently been watching this TV series about Gallipoli during WW1 and it shows that at times like during the momentary ceasefire to collect bodies (which I’m 90% sure did actually happen but correct me if I’m wrong) the Turks and Anzacs we’re quite friendly with each other despite the language barrier, I’ve heard things like this happened in the western front like with England and Germany and the famous Christmas soccer match and was just wondering if stuff like that also happened at Gallipoli

Emphasis on "pre-colonial". Looking for any material detailing the social/political/economic orders, laws, norms, values etc.

Hello there. I am looking for examples of texts similar to The Travels of Marco Polo, specifically: texts detailing someone's first-hand accounts of traveling to "far-way" lands, and the fantastic things they experience there. I have a feeling Marco Polo can't be the only one. Any texts supposedly detailing fantastic things or impossibilities would also be helpful. The project I'm working on requires examples of times where people have reported impossibilities as if they were true, to demonstrate their untrustworthiness. Thanks for any help.

My mother claim so, and i would want to know if they did.

Since they are a family of jewish descent, i initially dismissed the idea, but i don't want to be a fool.

If they did, how much it was ? And please, give informations for books, give the french titles of the books and authors if possible (i am french) i could share the informations with her and know if she was saying non-sense or the truth.

There are so, so many different opinions on who Jesus was within and beyond the Christian faith, and so I wanted to see an objective, historical perspective on this. Beyond my introductory questions in the title, please expand into Jesus's life and the aftermath of his death as much as you can. Thanks.

I’ve been trying to find some concrete information but maybe I’m looking in the wrong places: would it be acceptable for a woman to socialize in an 18th century American tavern? Specifically around 1790? I’m under the impression that some taverns were owned by women and that the “Tavern” was much more of a central social nexus than a bar or brothel or something like that. Would it be unreasonable for a woman to go to a tavern alone? Would it depend on social economic status? Race? Etc!

Thanks all!

I was recently reading a lot of historical resources on the LGBTQ rights movement to learn more about the history of my identity in activism, and one thing that struck me was just how radical the major gay rights organizations were in the 1960s and 1970s in comparison to those of the 1990s and into the present.

The Gay Liberation Front, the Combahee River Collective, other organizations, etc. were almost all explicitly anti-capitalist, very left wing, and in many cases rejected the nuclear family and marriage itself, far from desiring to earn marriage rights as the modern gay marriage movement sought. Many of these organizations main goals revolved around restructuring society itself rather than law changes within the already extant structures of society.

By the 1990s however, much of the modern movement, like the Human Rights Campaign, had become highly integrated with a capitalist and centrist (Democratic) political party and their demands were generally centered around law changes and in particular gay marriage.

What caused this shift? Were COINTELPRO or similar government programs utilized to disrupt the gay liberation movement in the same way as they were on the Black Power movement? Was the AIDS crises influential in killing the previous generation of radical leadership? Was the incorporation of the movement into the non-profit structure and government/business funding sources a reason for the rightward shift (I.e. Gay Inc. book)? The question particularity interests me as a gay leftist who draws a lot of inspiration from the early gay liberation groups.

Any explanation or even sources for reading are appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I am curious how south Korea’s government dealt with the massive influx of refugees and how they were integrated into society. Were there any programs in place to help them? Also were there any who wanted to return north?

From just what I know of history, it seems like every day, every year, was like the WWI trenches.

You have 5 kids and bury 3. You watch your kids starve. Raiders rape and steal. I imagine it was punctuated with just waiting for something to happen.

You have a bumper crop after 5 years of drought, then everyone gets measles and dies.