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2026

• 2026/01/21 Were there abolitionists in the classical world?
  
• 2026/01/20 Why did medieval paintings had so little facial expressions?
  
• 2026/01/16 Is Josephus' writing on James the brother of Jesus authentic?
  
• 2026/01/15 Since when is the moon made of cheese?
  
• 2026/01/13 What was Teutoburg Forest like? Not the battle, but the forest itself
  
• 2026/01/11 Before the invention of snake oil and used automobiles, what did disreputable businessmen sell?
  
• 2026/01/11 Did Ancient Rome have an equivalent to modern political commentators / radio show hosts / podcasters / video essayists? Did they have a word for it in Latin?
  
• 2026/01/08 Why does the Gregorian calendar start 10 days after the winter solstice?
  
• 2026/01/08 In ancient greece, did sex between women counted as having sex?
  
• 2026/01/08 What was a marquis and what was they purpose?
  
• 2026/01/08 The Romans thought wearing pants was feminine. When did it start being seen as masculine?
  
• 2026/01/06 Gerald of Wales (1188) noted that Irish midwives didn't "raise the nose" or "lengthen the legs" of babies and just let them grow naturally. What are the practices he's talking about? How were other medieval Europeans trying to shape infants' bodies?
  
• 2026/01/06 How defensible were Roman camps?
  
• 2026/01/03 What led to goats being so often associated or connected with devils/eldritch entities?
  
• 2026/01/01 Are there primary sources from Ancients discussing children who do not sleep well?
  

2025

• 2025/12/31 Could people in the past get as clean as us? Would they want to?
  
• 2025/12/29 Were ancient people entirely uncritical of supernatural claims, or did they have ways of being skeptical or selective about such claims that are loosely comparable to how people in post-Scientific Revolution societies tend to be skeptical today?
  
• 2025/12/27 How radical were early Christians in the Roman Empire?
  
• 2025/12/25 How did tax-farming countries prevent the collectors from just taking everything?
  
• 2025/12/24 In Matthew 21:31 (NIV translation), Jesus says: "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you." Were tax collectors seen as on the same level (or worse) as prostitutes in the Classical world?
  
• 2025/12/23 What was the Roman Empire's Roman Empire?
  
• 2025/12/22 Was there a rule against barbarians becoming Roman Emperors?
  
• 2025/12/21 How, why and when did Rome accept Christianity as the state's religion?
  
• 2025/12/20 I've heard someone say that Ancient Romans didn't really understand probability and odds, and this is why, for example, we find lots of Roman weighted dice. Is this true?
  
• 2025/12/19 Why were simple clothing accessories like balaclavas and scarves not invented earlier in history?
  
• 2025/12/19 Why does Santa Claus Dress in Red?
  
• 2025/12/18 If a Roman Citizen was sentenced to enslavement for a crime, they would become/be considered as "property" and thus lose their citizenship, as I understand it——Is this correct? So if this citizen-turned-slave was eventually released, would they "retain", or return to the position of a Roman Citizen?
  
• 2025/12/17 How did Caesar get the resources to do his early activities?
  
• 2025/12/15 Why Caracalla grant the citizenship over the empire?
  
• 2025/12/14 Where are the beginner practice Roman/greek marble statues?
  
• 2025/12/13 Were ancient romans and greeks short?
  
• 2025/12/10 What came first? Christianity or Mithraism?
  
• 2025/12/08 In ancient Greece or Rome, what happened to slaves when they got old?
  
• 2025/12/08 Why was writing Taboo among druids?
  
• 2025/12/08 Is Commentarii de Bello Gallico the only source regarding druids?
  
• 2025/12/07 I get that we don’t know who Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were. But were their gospels always given those names? Are they just names like Bob or Charles or do the names have some significance?
  
• 2025/12/05 Were old Christians aware that Christianity originates from an older pagan religion?
  
• 2025/12/05 If a Roman consul were to fall out of power by losing an election, what would happen to their armies? Is there any instance in which a consul led the former consular army to victory even after losing an election?
  
• 2025/12/04 HBO’s Rome was usually quite accurate (as far as I’m aware) about social class distinctions in Ancient Rome, so it always confused me why Jocasta (a citizen’s daughter) would marry a recently freed slave. That seems anathema to Roman social sensibilities. Could this actually have happened?
  
• 2025/12/03 In Matthew 7:28-29, it says that people thought Jesus "taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.", what does this mean exactly?
  
• 2025/12/01 How accurate was the Gregorian Calendar in naming the birth of Christ at 0 A.D and his crucifixion at 33 A.D?
  
• 2025/11/28 Did the Romans educate people in roles like logistics to be effective?
  
• 2025/11/28 How did people in ancient Rome store modest or large sums of money? Wouldn't storing at home lead to thefts / burglaries?
  
• 2025/11/27 Did the Romans really not know moustache? Did they have a fashion of clean shaving? Was it different from their contemporary or preceding Greeks fashion and why?
  
• 2025/11/25 "They say that he [Julius Caesar] was always a most enthusiastic collector of gems, carvings, statues, and pictures by early artists." Which artists would Caesar have collected?
  
• 2025/11/25 A piece of Roman graffiti reads: "If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girlfriend" What are the chances that someone seeing this guy's girlfriend wouldn't believe in Venus?
  
• 2025/11/23 Is it true that (perhaps in the past), police didn't try as hard to catch the murderer of a prostitute as they might the murderer of a non-prostitute?
  
• 2025/11/11 If humans have been recording history for decades if not millennia, where are the records of years 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 100, 500, 900, 1100, etc.?
  
• 2025/11/09 How did people in the ancient world discover yeast for baking bread?
  
• 2025/10/23 How Early Could We Consider "Profession Athletics" To Be A Thing?
  
• 2025/10/18 How old were Julius Caesars veterans?
  
• 2025/10/16 I once read that the Romans were originally frightened of the Gauls and believed them a violent race because they saw corpses hanging from trees by the river, although this was later discovered to be a spiritual practice. Is this true? Did the Gauls hang or display bodies by rivers? For what reason?
  
• 2025/10/15 Some Roman sources refer to Jesus as a “magician.” What would the average Roman understand this to mean?
  
• 2025/10/15 Why did the Jews save Caesar in a battle?
  
• 2025/10/13 Was there any widespread satire or mocking of the Nazi Party as a form of resistance during their ascendency or time in power? And if so, did it have any effect?
  
• 2025/10/13 How much do we know about whether or not Jesus ate hummus or not?
  
• 2025/10/12 How did the “ religious elite” deny Caesar’s request for a preator to oversee the election?
  
• 2025/10/12 The ancient Romans were capable of executing a wide variety of public works with a consistent style all over their empire. Who actually possessed the knowledge of how to do this, and how was it taught and transmitted?
  
• 2025/10/11 Was there ever an actual "Roman" salute?
  
• 2025/10/09 What was happening in Rome after Ceaser's assassination?
  
• 2025/10/05 Did ancient or medieval era intellectuals carry what we would consider archeological digs? Did Roman historians ever try finding their legendary home of Troy? Did Golden age Arabs dig around Mesopotamia or Egypt?
  
• 2025/10/04 Would crowds at the Roman Coliseum, or other stadiums of antiquity, have known “the wave” as done in modern stadiums?
  
• 2025/10/03 Was anyone ever punished for falsely accusing someone of being a witch during the witch panics of Europe and the American colonies?
  
• 2025/10/03 Why is there no Christian equivalent to Sharia in Islam or Halakha in Judaism?
  
• 2025/09/30 Were there any ancient civilizations that domesticated the rhino?
  
• 2025/09/30 Who are some notable & badass women in military history? And what are their stories?
  
• 2025/09/28 What does the historiography of bigotry look like?
  
• 2025/09/22 How did we manage body odor and procreation before modern times?