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Suppose I’m young low ranking Japanese soldier living in 1514, and I commit a somewhat serious crime (like say stealing from a comrade for example). If I’m court how can I expect to be punished?	2
I live in Staffordshire, if I went back in time to where I live now in AD550 to AD600 would I find many/any people who actively practice Saxon paganism?	2
in 1400 how did the bows of native north americans compare to those of europeans in terms of durability and draw weight?	2
at the time was their much acknowledgement in the US media that end of the war or not, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were human tragedies for those involved?	2
in the Historia Regum Britanniae does Geoffrey of Monmouth address the issue of whether or not the earlier mythical kings on his chronology were pagan or not?	2
in most fictional works I've seen ricimer is depicted as stereotypically germanic (bushy beard, trouser wearing, ale drinking, etc). is there any reason to think he wouldn't have dressed and acted like the upper class Romans he was surrounded by?	2
I was just watching a TV documentary about Jack the Ripper in which it was claimed that at one point they offered a pardon to any of Jack's hypothetical accomplishes in exchange for turning him in. did that really happen? If "yes" were they actually planning on honouring the deal?	2
When the Romans defied a dead Emperor where did they think that meant his soul went? Olympus?	2
how did the the ancient Egyptians (i'm thinking of the middle kingdom if it makes a difference) view adultery?	2
would most people (in Roman and/or Greek world) who knew the stories of Homer in 100BC have believed they were literally true?	2

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