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The guillotine was France's preferred method of execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. What were guillotine executions like in the mid-late 20th century? Were they public spectacles people came out to watch?	5	AskHistorians
Rome, Athens, Carthage, and other citizen-focused cities had tiered citizenship, with the higher rungs and best political offices open only to those with the most wealth. Do we know how these societies justified plutocracy over meritocracy? What did the rich say to the poor?	5	AskHistorians
Tigranes the Great seems like the only Armenian king to be a major independent power with an considerable empire outside of Armenia. His successors were mostly puppets of the Romans or the Parthians. What made Tigranes stand out?	5	AskHistorians
The Third Earl of Shaftesbury was, "second only to (John) Locke in terms of influence during the eighteenth century." I've read some of Shaftesbury's writing and don't see why he was so influential, or in the same league as Locke. How did he impact the 18th century?	5	AskHistorians
What conclusions did ancient Romans come to to regarding clemency for their enemies after the civil wars and early imperial period seemed to give so many conflicting results? Was there a strong arguments for its utility, or the dangers it presented?	5	AskHistorians
What was so beyond the pale about Ovid's writing that Augustus felt he had to exile him?	5	AskHistorians
New Athenian citizens gave an oath to, "transmit this city...greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.” Was this a new sentiment? Was it the basis for future approaches to citizenship emphasizing that everyone had a duty to those who would follow them, and that beauty was necessary?	5	AskHistorians
Yung Wing was the first Chinese person to graduate from an American University in 1854. What did he tell his countrymen about the United States and Western culture when he returned home?	5	AskHistorians
Is the Hollywood image of whip-armed overseers guarding slaves in the ancient world at all accurate? How were slaves really overseen?	5	AskHistorians
Have US state senates historically performed a role similar to that of the US federal senate, i.e., protecting the rights of areas with small populations against the will of areas with larger populations?	5	AskHistorians

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