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Ancient history was from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500).
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What did practitioners call "Hinduism" before the term was coined?
Before the term “Hinduism” was coined, what did practitioners themselves call their religion? Was there a proper name used in historical scriptures or inscriptions to refer to the collective spiritual ...
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Where to find examples of zodiacs with 11 signs?
Servius the Grammarian (4-5th. c.) wrote in his commentary to the Georgics
" Egyptians assert that there are 12 signs, the Chaldeans – 11 /
(Aegyptii XII esse adserunt signa, Chaldaei vero XI)&...
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Would calling Favorinus a ‘eunuch’ have boosted or harmed his fame as an orator in the Greco-Roman World?
In researching eunuchs for my very first novel that I wrote about a 6th-century BCE Ethiopian eunuch, I ran across Favorinus, a 2nd-century orator. His rival Polemon, said he was a “born without ...
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Favorinus the famed orator is proclaimed one of the most famous congenital eunuchs to have lived. Was he really a congenital or is it just fiction?
I have a novel coming out about a 6th-century B.C. Ethiopian eunuch, and while researching eunuchs, I ran across a man named Favorinus, a 2nd-century orator famed in Athens and Rome. Wikipedia calls ...
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At what point did Rome truly become an empire? [closed]
According to Wikipedia,
The history of the Roman Empire covers the history of ancient Rome from the traditional end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476 ...
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How likely is it that ancient Israelites of 1000 BCE had oral historical traditions dating back to 1500 BCE?
I am trying to research how likely it is that ancient Israelites of approximately 1000 BCE had oral historical traditions describing events as early as 1500 BCE.
I have gathered some relevant pieces ...
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How did the Romans ram the casement walls of Masada when, according to Josephus, they were 18ft high, 12ft wide, and made of stone?
The Roman siege ramp at Masada was 25 degrees which is pretty steep. They were using a ram that they either dragged up the slope, or transported in pieces in place, all the while under fire from the ...
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How was wine made in first-century Galilee and surrounding regions? [closed]
In Galilee and surrounding regions in the first century AD, how was wine made?
If it was the same as in the rest of the Empire, than an answer would just explain how wine was made in the first-century ...
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How would children address adults, who aren't their parents, in ancient Greece?
Besides relatives and royalty, how would children address adults who aren't their parents? Mr. and Mrs. obviously don't work out because "last names" tended to be "of Athens," &...
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Could Augustus and Agrippa have been lovers? [closed]
While I'm VERY much not a Rome expert, I'm curious, could they have been lovers? I know enough about sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome to know that a relationship between two freeborn guys of the ...
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When did the practice of correlating birthdays to zodiac signs begin?
When did the practice of correlating birthdays to zodiac signs begin ?
For this to happen, 3 preliminary stages must have been completed as prerequisites:
Someone had to develop the zodiac circle.
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When was the first recorded use of viniculum in Roman Numerals?
Viniculum is the bar above the numeral to multiply it by a thousand.
What is the oldest known record of its use in ancient Rome?
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Did ancient civilizations believe their gods to be humanoids?
Reading the Wikipedia article on reductio ad absurdum, I read the following:
Criticizing Homer's attribution of human faults to the gods, Xenophanes states that humans also believe that the gods' ...
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What does this hill look like -- a neolithic tell, a tumulus, a vineyard terrace?
Southern Romania is full of tells (popularly called "m?guri" in Romanian) dated to the neolithic culture of Gumelni?a. Recently I have seen one such hill close to the villages of Mavrodin ...
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Did Thales of Miletus have any prior or external philosophical influences?
Thales of Miletus is often creditedcitation needed with having been the earliest known/recorded Founder of (Western) Philosophy and Science. He was reportedcitation needed to have accurately ...
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