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Was Nero's neckbeard a common fashion of the time or would it have been considered weird by contemporary standards?

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In many movies and video games cavalry is shown riding directly into infantry. Was this realistic? If so how was not an automatic death sentence for those riders at the front?

341 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In the book Shogun it is claimed that Japanese peasants around 1600 did not have a given name or surname. Instead they were simply called by what they did or a description. Is this true?

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Does the pattern of a person's facial hair change over their adult lives? If so, how?

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Does the magnetic field energy around a magnetar type neutron star have mass?

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How long did a roman shield (scutum) last?

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Did any Roman emperor ever publicly or privately attempt to return power to the Senate?

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Columbus sailed west under the assumption the world was smaller than previously thought and he would reach Asia. How did contemporaries explain the new world before it became clear that it was a new continent?

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did the Crusades have any recordable impact on the genetic makeup of Middle Eastern natives?

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How did Jimmy Carter operate the executive branch without a chief of staff?

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Was Nero's neckbeard a common fashion of the time or would it have been considered weird by contemporary standards?	353	AskHistorians
In many movies and video games cavalry is shown riding directly into infantry. Was this realistic? If so how was not an automatic death sentence for those riders at the front?	341	AskHistorians
In the book Shogun it is claimed that Japanese peasants around 1600 did not have a given name or surname. Instead they were simply called by what they did or a description. Is this true?	186	AskHistorians
Does the pattern of a person's facial hair change over their adult lives? If so, how?	170	askscience
Does the magnetic field energy around a magnetar type neutron star have mass?	126	askscience
How long did a roman shield (scutum) last?	41	AskHistorians
Did any Roman emperor ever publicly or privately attempt to return power to the Senate?	26	AskHistorians
Columbus sailed west under the assumption the world was smaller than previously thought and he would reach Asia. How did contemporaries explain the new world before it became clear that it was a new continent?	21	AskHistorians
did the Crusades have any recordable impact on the genetic makeup of Middle Eastern natives?	21	AskHistorians
How did Jimmy Carter operate the executive branch without a chief of staff?	20	AskHistorians