Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
/u/iphikrates posted this awesome overview of ancient Greek city walls and other fortifications, including lots of pictures.
/u/ThucydidesWasAwesome in response to "What does Marxist historiography consist of, and what are its problems?".
/u/commiespaceinvader on Holocaust historiography.
/u/Astrogator wrote a great answer on the effectiveness of damnatio memoriae in ancient Rome, which I really enjoyed. /u/alriclofgar and /u/textandtrowel also wrote a terrific series of answers on the 'truth' behind the Anglo-Saxon migrations, which breaks down some of the recent evidence on this still sometimes divisive topic. The latter's answer on Viking prisoners-of-war is worth reading as well! Finally, I really enjoyed /u/CptBuck's wide-ranging answer on the early Islamic 'welfare state', particularly its concise and readable summary of the historiography. Thanks everyone for writing such excellent answers this week :)