I answer questions on Quora as
someone who understands Ancient History. It’s been an interesting experience,
because the readers over there are less knowledgeable about the subject matter than
the people that come here. They also have different agendas. I’ve answered 160
questions since May and there are many new questions each day about ancient
history.
The questions break themselves
down into about four categories: Really good ones, what ifs, time machine,
and do my homework.
An example of a really good
question is “Why didn’t Caesar choose Marc Antony as his successor?” That
person had read the history but what seemed obvious to him, wasn’t.
What ifs are questions about
changing an event in ancient history. For example, “What if Caesar hadn’t been
assassinated. Would the Republic have survived? Most of these are easy to
answer because important trends in history develop their own momentum, which
cannot be stopped by changing a single event. The Republic was doomed to fail
because of inevitable failure of the Senate to control the entire landscape of
the Republic.
Time machine questions are my
favorites and are usually good for a laugh. For example, if the American Army
went back to the ancient world, could they have defeated the Spartans? Or a
variation of this is “If the Spartans had AK47s, would they have controlled all
of Greece?”
The last, and most egregious type
of question is “Do my homework.” For example, “Give the three most important
reasons why the Roman Empire fell and write them in complete sentences.” LOL.
1 comment:
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