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Have any Roman surnames survived into modern times? If not, what happened to them?

1743 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In English, we can read old texts and find out how words used to be pronounced based on their spelling. However, since Chinese uses characters, not an alphabet, is it possible to find out how words in Old Chinese were pronounced?

119 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] You are a Mexican time-traveller by the name of Jesús. One day you decide to travel to the first century AD to see if Jesus Christ was a real person. As you search, you begin to gain a large following...

118 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Various cities in the Middle East are considered to be ~5,000 years old. Is it possible that random small villages could be older than this, just without written record?

60 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Have any artefacts from Asia been found in Pompeii/Herculaneum, that had travelled along the silk road?

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[WP] All of modern human civilization suddenly disappears and the landscape of Earth is thrown back to 1,000BC. Everyone who is alive now is still alive, appearing in the same spot 3,000 years ago.

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Have any Roman surnames survived into modern times? If not, what happened to them?	1743	AskHistorians
In English, we can read old texts and find out how words used to be pronounced based on their spelling. However, since Chinese uses characters, not an alphabet, is it possible to find out how words in Old Chinese were pronounced?	119	AskHistorians
[WP] You are a Mexican time-traveller by the name of Jesús. One day you decide to travel to the first century AD to see if Jesus Christ was a real person. As you search, you begin to gain a large following...	118	WritingPrompts
Various cities in the Middle East are considered to be ~5,000 years old. Is it possible that random small villages could be older than this, just without written record?	60	AskHistorians
Have any artefacts from Asia been found in Pompeii/Herculaneum, that had travelled along the silk road?	14	AskHistorians
[WP] All of modern human civilization suddenly disappears and the landscape of Earth is thrown back to 1,000BC. Everyone who is alive now is still alive, appearing in the same spot 3,000 years ago.	4	WritingPrompts