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So for years I've been wishing and hoping we find some of the great literary works lost to history, especially those coming from Ancient Greece and Rome. Villa of the Papyri has given us more, but my question is what minor civilization could have copied down or at least had a copy of some of...

The Prospect of a Christian Interpolation in Tacitus, Annals 15.44**»**Brill Online Author: Richard Carrier1 Source: Vigiliae Christianae, Volume 68, Issue 3, pages 264 – 283 Subjects: Biblical Studies Publication Year : 2014 Abstract: Some scholars have argued that Tacitus’ reference...

I crunched some numbers based on loose estimates, and figured that if there was a Nigerian Civil War that killed 36% of the country, it would be the bloodiest war in world history. Nigeria – estimated to currently have a population of 170 million. WW2 – estimated to have killed about 60...