Yannis Rizos

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If you are a programmer and a history buff, you might want to take a look at history questions on Programmers.

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1d	comment	Ancient statue I found near my place @FayezAbdlrazaqDeab Can you take a picture of the words?
1d	comment	Ancient statue I found near my place The picture is very low quality, can't you give us a higher resolution one?
1d	comment	British colony in Berlin Makes sense, always thought the British were a different species ;)
1d	comment	British colony in Berlin As @FelixGoldberg notes, the word colony there most probably means the British expat community. However, I couldn't find a dictionary that would suggest such a definition for colony and I went ahead and asked about it on our sister site, English Language Learners.
2d	comment	On the humorous presentations of history Last time I explained my close vote on one of your questions, you spend about a week harassing me in comments. You even went as far as to post a couple of questions that were little more than personal attacks. Sorry, but I've lost any interest in explaining anything to you.
2d	comment	Are submarine launched ballistic missiles still inaccurate? @T.E.D. The US military uses SI almost exclusively (otherwise working with other nations' military forces would have been a nightmare). "Klick" is slang for kilometer, for example.
May 21	comment	Why were balls used on the Medici coat of arms? There's another theory that suggests the balls are actually pills, a nod to the Medicis' origins (Medici is the plural of medico, which means medical doctor).
May 19	comment	Eastern and Southern Europe in the medieval time period? I'm afraid this is extremely broad. The traditional chronology of the Middle Ages sets their start in the 5th century and their end in the 15th. That's a millenium of history, even a list of the high points would be extremely long. Could you please make this a bit more narrow and specific?
May 17	comment	When did the Arabs become a religious group? What does fanaticism has to do with your question? Are you asking when the Arabs become religious, or are you asking a question on religious fanaticism?
May 16	comment	Do Navy Seals die in training? The answer to this is obviously yes, soldiers sometimes die during training (from causes related to their training). Even basic training is an extremely intense experience, and accidents do happen. And when those accidents involve firearms or any kind of explosives, the mortality rate can be significant.
May 15	comment	Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? @Luke The question doesn't ask if the rituals are related, but if parallels could be drawn between them (two completely unrelated rituals may be very similar if they originated for more or less the same reasons). Or at least that's what I think the question asks, the phrasing is quite confusing.
May 15	comment	Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? @Luke Well... Early Christians were accused of cannibalism because of the ritual, so we can't really say that they are completely unrelated. Especially since we don't have a clear idea how widespread actual cannibalism was in the Aztec world (Similarly to early Christians, much of the information that we have for the Aztecs come from their enemies).
May 15	comment	Was there a state in history where influence of sport fans on politics was greater than in medieval Byzantine Empire? There are several football rivalries in Europe with political and religious overtones, perhaps the more prominent example is the Old Firm.
May 9	comment	Has history mistreated Nero? @FelixGoldberg Well, Nero lost as well (committed suicide to avoid execution), and a lot of his history was written by people he violently persecuted (i.e. Christian writers). That said, all facts about Agrippina and Nero come from the same sources, and none of the sources is a primary one or particularly trustworthy, so caution is reasonable.
May 9	comment	Has history mistreated Nero? @TomAu The new version is much better, but the last sentence still doesn't make sense. What bursts of anger? Why are you assuming anger was involved at all? By all accounts, there was nothing atypical about Nero's execution of political opponents (including his mother), that's how most Roman emperors dealt with their opponents. It was a calculated move, that came after years of political and personal tension. Agrippina was involved in a plot or two to assassinate Nero, was exiled from Rome at the time of her "suicide", and had even tried to rape a drunk Nero a few days before.
May 9	comment	Has history mistreated Nero? Almost every Roman emperor would qualify as a psychopath today, and Nero doesn't even come close to being the stranger of the lot (Elagabalus, Caligula and Commodus were far weirder). He isn't even the more violent, the sadistic Caracalla is probably the worst in that category. And since Nero is considered by some Christian writers as the Antichrist, it's worth noting that he wasn't even the worst persecutor of Christians, Diocletian and Septimius Severus were far worse. Lastly, the fiddle wasn't invented until the 16th century, so obviously Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned...
Apr 30	comment	What were acceptance criteria/process to the Vienna Fine Arts Academy in 1906-7? @TomAu Heh, you can't know what the other person would have done if they weren't admitted. They might have been a lot worse than Hitler (hard to imagine, but you never know).
Apr 27	comment	Is speaking Russian a privileged lingual habit in Ukraine nowadays? @PersianCat Please read the site's FAQ thoroughly, questions that can be answered by a simple Google search or by a Wikipedia page are off topic. If your question is not answered in Wikipedia it's up to you to update it and explain to us exactly why it's not answered and exactly what answer you are looking for. Right now your question is anything but clear, I've no idea what you mean by "blamed lingual habit".
Apr 26	comment	Alexander's seizure of “Brahmin” towns @T.E.D. The reputation earned from acceptance isn't affected by the CW status, it always goes to the original poster. Same with bounties, the only problem (reputation wise) is with upvotes.
Apr 26	comment	Did Hitler not intend a major war while invading Poland? Hitler's long term intentions are still heavily debated. Lots of opinions, but nothing conclusive I'm afraid.