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The Red Army raped 2 million German women according to Wikipedia. Do we have any testimonies from the soldiers who did it, especially regarding how they viewed their actions later in life? NSFW

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Did the Romans believe in ghosts, and would their idea of a ghost be similar to ours?

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Was Roman military discipline more brutal than the military discipline of other ancient armies?

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Yesterday I visited the National Museum of Denmark, and was intrigued by the many people who'd been sacrificed in bogs. Are there any good books on human sacrifice in northern Europe?

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Tried to commit suicide in my room.

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Nietzsche seemed to have considered Jesus and Socrates examples of the übermensch, in the sense of someone whose moral values are radically different from those of his contemporaries. Were their (ethical) teachings really that radically different?

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It's 101 BC, and I'm a Cimbrian soldier about to enter into the battle of Vercellae, where I'll be killed or captured by the legions of Marius. What has my life been like until now?

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How common were inns in the ancient world, and how did they function?

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The Roman decimation is a famous form of military punishment - do we know what sort of military punishments the Romans' contemporaries would have used in their armies? How would they have compared to Roman disciplinary measures?

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Wikipedia's article on the Eurasian Steppe claims that "Except for Genghis Khan, [steppe peoples] could not take walled cities." Is this true?

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The Red Army raped 2 million German women according to Wikipedia. Do we have any testimonies from the soldiers who did it, especially regarding how they viewed their actions later in life? NSFW	1473	AskHistorians
Did the Romans believe in ghosts, and would their idea of a ghost be similar to ours?	1202	AskHistorians
Was Roman military discipline more brutal than the military discipline of other ancient armies?	218	AskHistorians
Yesterday I visited the National Museum of Denmark, and was intrigued by the many people who'd been sacrificed in bogs. Are there any good books on human sacrifice in northern Europe?	217	AskHistorians
Tried to commit suicide in my room.	118	LetsNotMeet
Nietzsche seemed to have considered Jesus and Socrates examples of the übermensch, in the sense of someone whose moral values are radically different from those of his contemporaries. Were their (ethical) teachings really that radically different?	102	AskHistorians
It's 101 BC, and I'm a Cimbrian soldier about to enter into the battle of Vercellae, where I'll be killed or captured by the legions of Marius. What has my life been like until now?	89	AskHistorians
How common were inns in the ancient world, and how did they function?	54	AskHistorians
The Roman decimation is a famous form of military punishment - do we know what sort of military punishments the Romans' contemporaries would have used in their armies? How would they have compared to Roman disciplinary measures?	34	AskHistorians
Wikipedia's article on the Eurasian Steppe claims that "Except for Genghis Khan, [steppe peoples] could not take walled cities." Is this true?	25	AskHistorians