I'm looking to do an essay on the sewers and water system of Rome during the early empire, specifically what impact they had on public health. I've searched JSTOR but haven't found anything that specifically talks about their role in public health. Does anyone here know of any good works that discuss the sewers and aqueducts in this manner? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I was reading a thread in this sub about how criminals were treated by Nazi Germany, and then learned about Oscar Dirlwanger on Wikipedia. I cant quite reconcile the harsh treatment of criminals by the Nazi's and the brutal criminal ways of both Oscar Dirlwanger and the men of the penal battalion he led. Can anyone give more information on Dirlwanger as well as information of penal battalions in general in relation to the nazi's harsh treatment of criminals?

I have long been fascinated by the idea of lost historical texts, and mourn the loss of vast swathes of works of famous philosophers, historians and statesmen (including sometime whole libraries from antiquity). Famously, many of surviving Latin and Greek texts are themselves translations of translations of copies that were saved from being lost forever from sources outside Europe, such as those preserved by Arab scholars. What chance is there these days of major texts, such as a work by Plato or Cicero, being rediscovered? Does it ever happen? If so, where are such things found? What is the most startling such discovery of our time?

I have been doing research specifically relating to Sitting Bull and his tribe's stay in Canada, and I have been having trouble wrapping my head around all the different names used. They are all Sioux, and they are all Lakota. They are also called Tetons, and Hunkpapa. I'm asking for some clarification on what the distinctions between all these monikers are, and whether they are all just different words describing the same thing. Thanks for any help!

I am having to do a memoir project for my upper level history class of Rebellion to Reconstruction at my university. The book must be over the Civil War era and has to be a memoir.

I was wondering if any of you have read any personal works written during the Civil War era (1850-1880) that you really enjoyed that were not so "popular" I should say. I am interested in women's roles during the Civil War, both Union and Confederate sides, so if you know of anything like that I would love to look further into it.

In my world history class, I have been assigned to proven why the Silla Empire was the best dynasty for a debate. I've learned that they had a major factor in Korea's art as "Korea's Golden Kingdom", but is it significant enough to win a debate and explain it as a major contribution?

Hello, I'm an amateur writer working on an Existential fiction based on a young adult (20 years old) living in Russia during the time indicated in the title. He live in poverish conditions with his mother; she's a stay at home wife who takes care of his younger siblings. The father is out of the picture serving in Afghanistan. The uncle, another character active in his life, is struggling with a drug addiction. Here are some questions I'm hoping to get answered in order to be as accurate as possible in my story. Again the time frame I'm focusing on is between 1979 and 1989 during the Soviet-Afghan war.

• What sort if propaganda was prevalent in Russia during this time?

• What was the majority of public opinion toward the government and the war?

• What was the majority of public opinion toward the U.S.?

• What was the general attitude of Russian soldiers toward the war?

• What was the Russian economy like?

• What were the living conditions like for most Russian citizens?

• Was it expected of young men to enlist in the Russian military when they came of age?

• In regards to the Uncle character, what were some common drug addictions seen in Russia during this time?

• Was there a strong sense of civil rights and women's rights in Russia during this time?

I think that is all the questions I have for now, I'm working on formulating a strong story outline. My goal is to accurately display the setting of Russia as well as the struggles and challenges a young Russian adult would have encountered during this time.

Thank you

Edit: Sorry for the typo in the title. I meant to say "What was life like in Russia".

This question has been asked before, but it hasn't been answered. Christian countries have been at war with the Papel army, but how could you inspire your army to fight them. After all, it would look like they had God on their side.

By my understanding, Russia in the 19. century was a farmer's country mostly. Why–if that's the case–did communism, a form of government which rises out of Marx's class conflict between workers and the bourgeoisie, establish itself that strongly?

Thanks in advance.

How would this process be any different if the colony had another religion? And if it had been conquered after a war?

This has to have been asked before. We all know you should drive on the "right" side :) Why do the Brits and other countries drive on the "left" side of the road?

I've heard both sides of it, but have no qualifications to subscribe to either theory

I can't read German and my University's library doesn't have much of anything on this subject.

I just new a few more sources and I think I'd be good to go. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

A few related questions:

1. Was there something specific to their culture that set them apart from their other contemporary civilizations such that it promoted the exploration of questions about ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, etc?

2. Were there any other poignant or at least notable thinkers from different historical civilizations who asked similarly fundamental questions and were simply overlooked?

3. Is it merely a matter of the fact that their culture is the one for which we have the most thoroughly recorded documentation?^1

4. I get that ideas would spread geographically along trade routes, but what was it about Greek philosophy that made it the most palatable branch of inquiry?^2

Notes: 1 (I do not know this with factual certainty)

     2 Was it just the most widespread after a certain point?

I once read that the Greek word for "wine" was a blanket term for any intoxicating elixir. How often was "wine" not wine?