/u/jurble's posts
What allowed Justinian to marry an actress? Not legally - the law was changed to allow it, but was there something about the Late Roman culture that made the concept even conceivable that a law had been passed banning those of high-rank from marrying an actress?
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During the Satanic Panic events of the 80s and 90s in the US, what portion of the panicking public actually believed the supposed Satanic rituals were 'real' in supernatural terms? That is, how comparable was it to earlier literal witch-hunts in the belief there were actual magic users?
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Amarpal Singh's book, The First Anglo-Sikh War, claims that the war was instigated by the Sikh leadership to destroy the Sikh army which had become unruly and too expensive to maintain. Is this true? It sounds like the German stab-in-the-back myth.
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During the period when Sarmatianism was popular in Poland-Lithuania, was it commonly understood who the Sarmatians were? Or were they just a random name picked from history?
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In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, my impression is that meat was seen as uncivilized and bread was civilized food. However, in later civilizations - including ones in these areas - eating a meat-heavy diet is something nobles pride themselves in. When or why did meat become prestigious?
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Why did the Dutch Republic become the Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Napoleonic Wars? Was there any opposition to its establishment as a kingdom as opposed to returning to its antebellum status ?
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