Why did the Romans assassinate Julius Caesar only for them to still have emperors that were ultimately themselves Caesars in both family lineage/name and title? September 8, 2025 2 Comments
Was Suetonius a serious historian? His Lives of the Caesars is packed with scandal, gossip, and odd details about the emperors. It’s entertaining, but does it count as history? September 8, 2025 1 Comment
Is it true that the Japanese tried to ally Jewish people because of nazi propaganda? September 8, 2025 2 Comments
Why are the armenian, greek and assyrian genocides classified as different events and not part of a single, larger genocide? September 8, 2025 3 Comments
Have there been cultures in history who used counting systems other than base 10? September 8, 2025 9 Comments
Was there ever a ‘gang war’ (don’t know how else to put it) between cowboy ‘gangs’? September 8, 2025 2 Comments
What made the Protestant Reformation so different as to survive against Catholic repression while previous christian “heresies” had all eventually died out due to the persecution? September 8, 2025 2 Comments
In the 1990s, The Simpsons made a lot of jokes about the poor quality of American made goods and manufacturing. Was this a common perception? And was there any truth to it? September 8, 2025 1 Comment