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Why didn't Virgil want his masterpiece, the Aneid, to be published? His own emperor was keen to preserve it, so what did he fear?

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When New York was a decaying hellscape in the 1980s, the Guardian Angels promised to protect the vulnerable from crime. How'd they do?

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Did Europe have proto-serfdom in antiquity, long before the middle ages? Did the rise of medieval serfdom really just amount to an expansion/reassertion of a type of feudalism that existed since time immemorial in Europe?

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The Antonine emperors famously adopted talented heirs rather than relying on their biological children, to good effect. Was this really a conscious policy decision, or a necessity forced on them by a lack of surviving offspring?

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Multiple elections allowed President Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore to stay in power for 31 years. How free and fair were these elections? Was he legitimately popular, or just adroit at using the levers of government power to undermine his opponents?

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Portugal rounded the Cape of Good Hope and established an incredibly profitable spice trade in the Indian Ocean. What did that look like, in practice? Were they conquering islands as supply depots? Was the whole enterprise a giant money sink until they managed to actually reach India?

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Did the idea of "catching" germs from others exist in Classical Greece and Rome?

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In 2001, the US refused an offer of negotiated surrender from the Taliban. How earnest was this offer? Could the US have kept the militants from playing a large role in the country’s future?

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Were abortions legal in the 13 US colonies? What about in the early United States? When and why did abortions start to be banned?

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US states lead the way experimenting with different political, social, and economic policies prior to the 1930s. But afterward, the federal government took over much of that role. Why did that shift occur?

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Why didn't Virgil want his masterpiece, the Aneid, to be published? His own emperor was keen to preserve it, so what did he fear?	15	AskHistorians
When New York was a decaying hellscape in the 1980s, the Guardian Angels promised to protect the vulnerable from crime. How'd they do?	15	AskHistorians
Did Europe have proto-serfdom in antiquity, long before the middle ages? Did the rise of medieval serfdom really just amount to an expansion/reassertion of a type of feudalism that existed since time immemorial in Europe?	15	AskHistorians
The Antonine emperors famously adopted talented heirs rather than relying on their biological children, to good effect. Was this really a conscious policy decision, or a necessity forced on them by a lack of surviving offspring?	15	AskHistorians
Multiple elections allowed President Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore to stay in power for 31 years. How free and fair were these elections? Was he legitimately popular, or just adroit at using the levers of government power to undermine his opponents?	15	AskHistorians
Portugal rounded the Cape of Good Hope and established an incredibly profitable spice trade in the Indian Ocean. What did that look like, in practice? Were they conquering islands as supply depots? Was the whole enterprise a giant money sink until they managed to actually reach India?	15	AskHistorians
Did the idea of "catching" germs from others exist in Classical Greece and Rome?	15	AskHistorians
In 2001, the US refused an offer of negotiated surrender from the Taliban. How earnest was this offer? Could the US have kept the militants from playing a large role in the country’s future?	14	AskHistorians
Were abortions legal in the 13 US colonies? What about in the early United States? When and why did abortions start to be banned?	14	AskHistorians
US states lead the way experimenting with different political, social, and economic policies prior to the 1930s. But afterward, the federal government took over much of that role. Why did that shift occur?	14	AskHistorians