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Did the emperor Vespasian really insist on asking Priscus Helvidius for his opinion, only to put him to death when he got what he expected?	12	AskHistorians
Buddha gained thousands of followers during his lifetime and sent them across India to teach. Beyond the trappings of religion, did his followers have a large impact on society? In what ways?	12	AskHistorians
Cato the Younger is lauded for his staunch defense of the Roman Republic and refusal to compromise. But wasn't Cato's refusal to compromise a large reason why the Republic tore itself apart — because the senate refused to compromise and address very real economic, social, and political problems?	12	AskHistorians
Okinawan Shisa statues represent guardian spirits based on lions. But they only kinda look like lions. Is this because no one on Okinawa had seen lions when the trend caught on, and they were hearing descriptions second or third hand?	12	AskHistorians
What did the Aztec economy look like? Was it a free market? Heavily regulated? Totally planned like the Incas to the South?	12	AskHistorians
How did Aramaic, a language originating in Syria, become the lingua franca of a vast territory stretching all the way to India and Mongolia? Was it spoken in all these far-flung areas, or only used for record-keeping by scribes?	12	AskHistorians
How young was the boy Autolykos in Xenophon's Symposium? Are we supposed to think it would be awkward that the rich party host, Callias, admits to feeling physical lust for Autolykos in front of the boy's father?	12	AskHistorians
Oxford Social anthropologist J.D. Unwin studied 5,000 years of history and claimed he found a correlation between the cultural achievement of a people and the sexual restraint they observed. Was his understanding of history accurate?	12	AskHistorians
We keep improving firearms and making newer models, but how are modern firearms better than WWII-era guns beyond carrying more bullets and shooting faster?	12	AskHistorians
The Roman Plebian Council was an assembly of common people, but they routinely voted in patricians (noblemen) to be Tribunes of the plebs, a position that existed to protect their rights. Why did they do this?	12	AskHistorians

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