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Why do we translate Native American names into English, but seemingly no other culture's names?	5929
I'm an c.8th Century Saxon whose just come onto a windfall of 120s shillings. There's nothing I want to buy, but there's a prospering Welshman I hate. Can I just kill him then pay the weregild meaning we're quits?	305
How accurate is the concept of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" posters being placed in public for any prospective bounty hunter to take up the hunt?	220
Why do we not translate Pharoah, when we translate most other titles of the same stature as King?	161
Slave rights, and slave owner conduct, in Ancient Greece and Rome NSFW	104
In Livy, there's a depiction of witches in Rome active in the 330sBC, what exactly was the nature of witchcraft and how it was perceived during this period?	93
I'm an equite maiden in the Roman Republic. Time to get married. Naturally I want one of those flame coloured wedding dresses made with saffron dye. Regardless, am I expected to own such a garment as my wedding dress? Would it just be my best clothes? Or am I able to rent such an expensive thing?	43
I just got caught doing some crime* in the late Roman Republic. I managed to get away, and the witnesses/victims don't know me, but they saw my face. What happens next?	39
I've heard that in most of premodern history, a woman's breasts were seen as one singular aspect, her bosom, whereas now they are seen in the plural, her boobs. How, when and why did this reinterpretation and titty separation occur?	25
I'm a Gaul in 1st century BC, loving life, when suddenly some Roman guys show up, and apparantly I'm a slave? What happens next?	25

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