/r/askhistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Did soldiers in ancient Roman and Greek battles use some type of vernacular to communicate with and help their compadres similar to how athletes today might say "man on!" "run play #3" "ball is out!" etc?

182 upvotes • jsally17

Mark as read: Add to a list

After the war of independence why didn't places like New York, New Jersey & New Hampshire (New England!?) change their names to something less British? Didn't they feel a necessity to distance themselves from anything English?

182 upvotes • nthensome

Mark as read: Add to a list

So, I just started reading "A People's History of the United States." Um, wow. Generally speaking, how accurate is this book?

182 upvotes • deane-barker

Mark as read: Add to a list

What were Germany's plans in the event that it had won World War I?

182 upvotes • descafeinado

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the ancient Greeks/Romans believe their myths were literally true?

182 upvotes • LanaDelHeeey

Mark as read: Add to a list

In the 19th Century, how were barricade-style revolts supposed to work?

182 upvotes • stmorgante

Mark as read: Add to a list

What were Hieronymous Bosch's artistic influences?

182 upvotes • punninglinguist

Mark as read: Add to a list

Early modern (15/16th century) European illustrations depict farms as being very packed in, with an enormous variety of crops and animals growing very close together. Were farms actually like this i.e diverse, self-sufficient, and did people's diets reflect this?

182 upvotes • west_country_boy

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is there actually a body in the Tomb of Cyrus and if so is there a chance it actually is Cyrus the Great?

182 upvotes • Slyxus_Stormblessed

Mark as read: Add to a list

you are saxon king (circa AD500 to AD1000) on the morning of a day you intend fight a battle. Assuming you live through it, what are you going to spend the day doing?

182 upvotes • grapp

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did soldiers in ancient Roman and Greek battles use some type of vernacular to communicate with and help their compadres similar to how athletes today might say "man on!" "run play #3" "ball is out!" etc?	182	jsally17
After the war of independence why didn't places like New York, New Jersey & New Hampshire (New England!?) change their names to something less British? Didn't they feel a necessity to distance themselves from anything English?	182	nthensome
So, I just started reading "A People's History of the United States." Um, wow. Generally speaking, how accurate is this book?	182	deane-barker
What were Germany's plans in the event that it had won World War I?	182	descafeinado
Did the ancient Greeks/Romans believe their myths were literally true?	182	LanaDelHeeey
In the 19th Century, how were barricade-style revolts supposed to work?	182	stmorgante
What were Hieronymous Bosch's artistic influences?	182	punninglinguist
Early modern (15/16th century) European illustrations depict farms as being very packed in, with an enormous variety of crops and animals growing very close together. Were farms actually like this i.e diverse, self-sufficient, and did people's diets reflect this?	182	west_country_boy
Is there actually a body in the Tomb of Cyrus and if so is there a chance it actually is Cyrus the Great?	182	Slyxus_Stormblessed
you are saxon king (circa AD500 to AD1000) on the morning of a day you intend fight a battle. Assuming you live through it, what are you going to spend the day doing?	182	grapp