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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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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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In societies that had slavery, was slave labour divided by gender?

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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
Did the Romans believe in ghosts, and would their idea of a ghost be similar to ours?	1202
Was Roman military discipline more brutal than the military discipline of other ancient armies?	218
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
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
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
How common were inns in the ancient world, and how did they function?	54
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
Wikipedia's article on the Eurasian Steppe claims that "Except for Genghis Khan, [steppe peoples] could not take walled cities." Is this true?	25
In societies that had slavery, was slave labour divided by gender?	16