/u/LukeInTheSkyWith's posts in /r/AskHistorians
How useful were milestones for navigating within the Roman Empire? Did anyone try to remove, misplace or destroy them during a time of conflict, to confuse the other armies? Were there check-ups to see if they're placed correctly?
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After a gigantic battle like Cannae that left a huge amount of dead bodies in a relatively small area - was this viewed as a health risk? Would the place be generally avoided and how long it took for it becoming a part of a normal route of travelling people again?
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What was an average sleep cycle of a British soldier in the front line trench on the western front of WWI like?
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If I wanted to laugh at my government in 1858 London, what outlets were there for satire and did they ever get into trouble with the establishment?
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Is it possible to expand on Julius Caesar's influence on Roman fashion? I've heard about his belt being scandalously loose, but how much had this taken off with other members of the society (youth especially)? Was he at the start of other fashion trends?
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In the 19th century Austria-Hungary, female teachers were forced into celibacy by law. Did something similar exist in the U.S at all? If yes, was it an outright law or a societal expectation?
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What were the legal and cultural consequences of the series of quiz show scandals in the 1950s in the U.S.? Did they lead to a loss of trust in this relatively new medium? Was the result a more extensive oversight of various TV productions?
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Do we have accounts of horse losses after large cavalry charges of, say, Polish Hussars? How much of a threat was your horse starting to simply freak out amongst the mayhem? For longer campaigns, how much of the resources and time would be devoted to keeping the animals healthy and well trained?
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Use of shampoo seems to have come to Europe from India, via the contact with the practice of "champo" (hair massage), as written about by Sake D. Mahomed in his Travels, in the late 18th century. What was the wider cultural significance of this in the Bengali culture at the time and before?
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