/u/AustinioForza's posts
Even though much is lost, the overwhelming majority of public knowledge on Western Phoenician civilization is centred on Carthage and it’s empire. But what do we know about the inner workings of other large Punic polities like Utica in North Africa and Agadir/Gadir in Spain?
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Who was the last British monarch to have wielded significant, direct, and consistent executive/governmental authority throughout his/her reign? And what changed after?
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The cavalry charge during the 1683 Battle of Vienna is said to be the largest (and probably most devastating) cavalry charge in history. What do the Turkish sources have to say about this?
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At what point in history did the Greeks in mainland Greece basically say: “wait a minute, maybe these Romans aren’t just a backwater joke?” and really start paying attention to them politically, socially, and economically?
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Did the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings both recognize their shared linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage?
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Would it have been socially acceptable in late Republican Rome for a Senator (or a prominent Roman male) to be exclusively homosexual? No marriage with a woman, no children, just exclusively and openly in relationships with other males?
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Do we know how many Scandinavians ended up permanently settling in Britain? I’ve seen that there is still a large genetic presence, but I’ve never seen any hard numbers or guesstimates as to the demographics around say the time between Cnut and the Norman Conquest.
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Was there ever a period preceding firearms that used a Pike and Shot-esque formation but instead of firearms+polearms they used crossbows+polearms?
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