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I'm attached to mercenary Swiss Pike company in the high middle ages. We step through a wormhole and wind up squaring off against a Macedonian phalanx. Forget who wins. Has much changed in the use of a pike? Or are we essentially the same infantry a couple millenia apart?

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The "naming" of swords in the Middle Ages is often described in works of fiction both historical and fantasy, i.e. the Last Kingdom and Game of Thrones. Is there any historical basis for this?

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I'm a Roman soldier stationed in Brittania and need to send a letter and/or money to my family in Italia. How do I do this?

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Was there a Hellenic/Roman "weekend" in antiquity? The seven day work week based around Jewish/Christian belief wasn't adopted until much later so what did their schedule look like. Did they have an equivalent to the Sabbath? Or was every day business as usual save for a festival?

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In Bernard Corwell's "An Archer's Tale", the leader of a company of archer's is knighted just before the battle of Crecy. Is there any record of unusual knighting's such as this? Would this have even been possible for what was seen as a "peasant" soldier?

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What was late Medieval/early Modern University life like? Not just for students, but professors as well. Any occurrences of "class will be suspended due to the siege outside the city walls"?

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It's the late 18/early 19th century. My 3 frigate squadron is out on patrol. It's a misty morning and the sun burns away the fog to reveal an enemy 3rd rate Man O' War. We have no hope of running. What do we do?

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Did the Aeneid exist in some form prior to Virgil's composition of the epic? Like an oral tradition as the Iliad/Odyssey were? Or was the majority a fabrication by him?

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How would the Diadochi have viewed the Punic Wars? Barbarian squabbles or a clash amongst superpowers?

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Much ancient Greek history was preserved through Byzantine archives, correct? How did they view their Classic/Pagan past and why did they choose to preserve it?

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I'm attached to mercenary Swiss Pike company in the high middle ages. We step through a wormhole and wind up squaring off against a Macedonian phalanx. Forget who wins. Has much changed in the use of a pike? Or are we essentially the same infantry a couple millenia apart?	3719	AskHistorians
The "naming" of swords in the Middle Ages is often described in works of fiction both historical and fantasy, i.e. the Last Kingdom and Game of Thrones. Is there any historical basis for this?	74	AskHistorians
I'm a Roman soldier stationed in Brittania and need to send a letter and/or money to my family in Italia. How do I do this?	51	AskHistorians
Was there a Hellenic/Roman "weekend" in antiquity? The seven day work week based around Jewish/Christian belief wasn't adopted until much later so what did their schedule look like. Did they have an equivalent to the Sabbath? Or was every day business as usual save for a festival?	41	AskHistorians
In Bernard Corwell's "An Archer's Tale", the leader of a company of archer's is knighted just before the battle of Crecy. Is there any record of unusual knighting's such as this? Would this have even been possible for what was seen as a "peasant" soldier?	41	AskHistorians
What was late Medieval/early Modern University life like? Not just for students, but professors as well. Any occurrences of "class will be suspended due to the siege outside the city walls"?	40	AskHistorians
It's the late 18/early 19th century. My 3 frigate squadron is out on patrol. It's a misty morning and the sun burns away the fog to reveal an enemy 3rd rate Man O' War. We have no hope of running. What do we do?	34	AskHistorians
Did the Aeneid exist in some form prior to Virgil's composition of the epic? Like an oral tradition as the Iliad/Odyssey were? Or was the majority a fabrication by him?	19	AskHistorians
How would the Diadochi have viewed the Punic Wars? Barbarian squabbles or a clash amongst superpowers?	16	AskHistorians
Much ancient Greek history was preserved through Byzantine archives, correct? How did they view their Classic/Pagan past and why did they choose to preserve it?	16	AskHistorians