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In his podcast The History of Rome, Mike Duncan jokes that in 423 AD Emperor of the Western Roman Empire Honorius finally did something useful and died. What are some other useful things Honorius did during his time in power?
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In his biography of Augustus, Suetonius says that Augustus displayed "giants bones", i.e. the "skeletons of extinct sea and land monsters". How much do we know about these bones/fossils? What were they?
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I just ran across a piece by the Japanese philosopher Orikuchi Shinobu entitled "Shinto's Rebirth as Religion". How has Shinto been understood historically? Is the "rebirth" Shinobu has in mind widely recognized by historians?
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Why do some old history books use Latin/Greek without translation? When did this become unacceptable?
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How much do we know about the reaction of traditional native American religious leaders to Puritan missionaries in New England?
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[Royalty] How influential, practically speaking, was Thomas Hobbes' *Leviathan* in terms of justifying Royal rule?
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When we study attitudes of vice and virtue in Ancient Greece, it is common to read texts from Plato ( Euthypro, The Republic) and and Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics). Is there any reason to believe the ethical views of these philosophers reflected the actual ethical views of the average Greek?
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