[META] AskHistorians Showcase Submissions [Ancient World]

by vertexoflife

Hello everyone! Today I come before you to ask for help on a little project: the AskHistorians Showcase!

What is the Showcase you ask? Well I'm so glad you asked! The showcase will be a page of some of Askhistorians greatest answers presented under 10 general categories. The purpose of this showcase is to show our readers, other historians, and interested people what exactly it is that we do here! Furthermore we will be linking it to a greater community page for interested parties to learn even more!

In order to do this however, we need your help in selecting and nominating some of your saved, favorite, or top quality answers from this subreddit!

How will we proceed? Well, I will make 10 separate nomination threads over the coming weeks for you to nominate your favorite answers in the ten categories below. Today's thread is for Ancient World!

So please give us your favorite Ancient World answers past and present!

Future Categories: Europe, North America, Cultural History

Past Categories: Military History, Asia, Africa, Middle and South America, Middle East, Medieval World

Polybios
yodatsracist

This ancient world one got less love than I'd expect.

There are of course many more. It's bed time in my timezone, but all the people who've provided good answers on Biblical historicity need love, too, and I didn't get all the classicists or the people who do ANE or PIE or any of that stuff.

vertexoflife

For definition, Ancient World runs until around or about 410 CE :)

HatMaster12

Oh boy, do I have a bunch! I would like to recommend:

/u/Aerandir in [Did “barbarians” understand military formations?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2xz4an/did_barbarians_understand_military_formations/cp4zuxr)

/u/XenophonTheAthenian in [Was Literary Latin ever used in normal conversation?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2wni1m/was_literary_latin_ever_used_in_normal/)

/u/Astrogator in [Did civilizations conquered by the Romans retain their culture?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2kl7h9/did_civilizations_conquered_by_the_romans_retain/)

Also by /u/Astrogator; [Who considered themselves Roman?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3ahhfy/who_considered_themselves_roman/cscwz8h)

Although it’s his old account, /u/Polybios in [What was the constitution/structure of the Roman Republic like?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2qwy1e/what_was_the_constitutionstructure_of_the_roman/)

Another excellent /u/Polybios post, in [How did people in the Roman Republic understand the concept of imperium?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3842d5/how_did_the_people_of_the_roman_republic/)

All of /u/Tiako’s responses in [AMA: The Economy of the Ancient Roman Empire] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2hc8rp/ama_the_economy_of_the_ancient_roman_empire/)

/u/Celebreth discussing Roman military medical care in [How likely was a Roman soldier to survive being wounded in battle?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1tn59a/how_likely_was_a_roman_soldier_to_survive_being/) and [You are a Roman soldier marching a long distance. Your leg breaks for whatever reason; what happens?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ov7s3/you_are_a_roman_solider_marching_a_long_distance/ccw3fiw?context=3)

An additional /u/Celebreth post, in [I have just joined the Roman army. What is my life going to be like from now on?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/363rhp/i_have_just_joined_the_roman_army_what_is_my_life/)

…perhaps pushing the time limit a bit, but I would also like to add /u/textandtrowel’s response in [Alcohol consumption in the Byzantine Empire] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2nkgcd/alcoholic_consumption_in_the_byzantine_empire/)

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