Growing up in the American Public Education, we only learned the surface when it came to most of history. So when it came to Britain, we only learned about the Victorian era. Not a lot, unfortunately. What’s the significance of it? Are there other eras that are as impactful, but just not talked enough about?

Everyone who has even just skimmed the history of the roman Empire knows that the Pretorian guard where a bad backstabbing money hungry corrupt body disloyal bodyguard but was there ever a time or times were they were loyal or ther was atleast there was a loyal praetorian how didn't disgrace the impirial purple he wore? I mean I know they were also purged many times so come on there must have been a time were the guard of the roman Emporor were loyal or atleast a larg amount of them were.

I read the Tale of Genji (unabridged, by Seidensticker) and I found it gripping. The characters were complex and compelling, the setting was fascinating, and the plot was a rollercoaster of emotion.

The protagonist, Prince Genji, is an overall very likeable character, but I cannot stop thinking that a lot of his sexual relationships were not consensual. I know that some historians brush this off, saying that it was "normal back then" or that "courtship was complicated and a women who outwardly refused sex was actually interested." Are these arguments in good faith or are they just mental gymnastics?

If the story was written by a man, I would no doubt call Genji a rapist, a product of self-promotion by powerful men. But the author was a woman and she clearly makes Genji out to be admirable and gallant.

Have I misinterpreted something or is Genji actually supposed to be an anti-hero?

I would really appreciate your help and opinions on the matter.

I mean like an average battle with 30,000-40,000 men, in dB ?

In Storm of Steel, the author Ernst Junger mentions several times a camera carried by Kius, one of his fellow Lieutenants in the German front line. This includes one mention of the camera being broken, meaning several photos of their assault on an embankment during the 1918 offensive were lost.

I was under the impression that combat photography of this period was extremely rare, but the mention of Kius, a low ranking infantry officer, taking photographs mid-assault implies that it was at least not unheard of. Were amateur photographers on the front lines relatively common? How were their photos received at the time, and are many available for viewing now? Or did these mainly stay in private collections, passed down in families?

When it comes to questions about the history of ortalon, I usually hear people ask about the practice of covering one’s face with white cloth and the colloquial explanations given for it.

I am more curious about the dish than the eater for this post. If this isn’t too open a question: why is the ortalon specifically drowned in cognac? I can see the logic for chefs saturating meat with liquor, but why the case for this bird for so long. Is there a cultural connotation to the consumption of this songbird? Is it rooted in some specific cookbook or a historical dinner? Does the ortalon have some known gastronomic property that made chefs value its meat for this cooking method?

After being fachist basically since he was put in power then randomly in 1930 he decided to swich randomly going against what he belived in. 🤨

When the US and USSR started developing nuclear torpedoes, what did those respective navies see as the use-case for them?

Does the US or Russia or anyone else still deploy them? Have technical advancements in conventional torpedo guidance, target acquisition, etc. covered the space nuclear torpedoes were meant to fill?

I don't think I'm breaking any rules? But I apologize if I am.

Thanks in advance!

It seems like the end of the Amos 'n Andy show in the mid 1950s marks a turning point, and this is somewhat prior to the major non-violent protests that marked the "Civil Rights Era".

Hello everyone.

I've been reading about Old East Slavic (I'm learning Russian). According to the Primary Chronicle, the Ukrainian capital is written like києвѣ. Although I'm very much a beginner in Russian (I cannot speak for Ukrainian), this translates into K - IE - V. Is this correct?

Please note I'm not interested in commenting on current events, including the war in Ukraine or Russia. I'm just curious about this as I'm not a linguist. Also, by 'Modern English' (a somewhat vague term) I'm referring to British English in the current day.

Thank you!

Has Europeans enslaved any arabs, Indians, East Asians and etc? Are there any notable slaves or group of slaves. What kind work are they put to do, how are they treated and perceived as? I've only read a one line passage on Wikipedia that the portugease used to kidnap Chinese children in coast china and selling them as slaves. Is there anymore information to that?

Why do we keep glorifying murderers in history? Such as alexander the great, julius caeser, napoleon. How come a mass murderer Like alexander be perceived as great?

If not, then what would happen if all those of “noble” lineage were to die in medieval times? Then who would be considered a noble?

I see a lot of articles talking about the French influences on Vietnamese cuisine (banh mi, pho, ca phe da) but I don’t see many articles on the opposite influence.

I know there are a lot of pho restaurants opened in France by Vietnamese immigrants after colonial times but does this influence stretch farther?