/u/RusticBohemian's posts
Today farmers understand that pollinators are essential for a good harvest. Did that knowledge exist in antiquity? When did it become general knowledge that bees and other pollinators improved yield?
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I get the sense that gout was incredibly common prior to the modern era. Is this just a source selection bias, or a real epidemic during premodern history?
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I'm a would-be Roman artist circa 1 A.D. Is papyrus affordable enough to waste on bad sketches? How do I learn to draw if I can't waste a lot of paper working on my skills?
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Bare Knuckle Boxing dominated in the 19th century, but the last title was handed out in 1889 and gloved boxing took over from there. Why did bare knuckle boxing fade away?
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The ancient Romans had three-part names, but why do modern history writers and historians seemingly randomly select a different part of a famous Roman's name and, in lock-step, universally adopt it as their moniker?
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Romans were sometimes found guilty and sentenced to death, but "allowed" to commit suicide. Would this have been considered a mercy?
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The family of the Athenian orator Demosthenes ran "sweatshops" filled with hundreds of slaves manufacturing swords. The orator Lysias's family made shields in a similar setup. Should we read these as proto-factories? Did they have assembly lines? Did mass production make these goods affordable?
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It is starting to become normal for people to take off their shoes when they enter someone's home. But it seems like this is a fairly new development in the United States. Was "keep your shoes on when socializing," the norm before the 1960s? When/How did this start to shift?
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