/u/AustinioForza's posts in /r/askhistorians
Did early Mediterranean and Roman Christians euhemerise the Ancient European histories and mythologies?
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Why did the Roman Pantheon require sacrifices? Did the Romans think that the gods required them to live, just out of respect and acknowledgement, or some other reason?
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Did Carthage and other Western Mediterranean Phoenician cities/colonies ever receive relatively large numbers of Phoenician refugees when the homeland was attacked in the East?
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Other than the "basic" variants of ballistas, catapults/trebuchets, what kinds of pre-gunpowder artillery were in use? Was there anything comparable to a volley gun that would launch a scattered barrage of arrows or pellets? Any other crafty artillery pieces that are less well known?
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Did the Roman's conquests & subsequent enslavement of people's have a significant effect on the genetic history/makeup of the territories constituting the former Roman Empire?
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How much of a force multiplier was physical fitness for armed forces in Antiquity? Were the benefits ever noted aside from groups such as Spartans?
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Was there a way for city-states or realms to petition to be annexed into the Roman Republic/Empire peacefully? And if so, did this ever occur?
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Did the Roman Republic have government agencies/departments that had specific directors? Like a department of agriculture or trade? If so, who headed these departments?
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