I was at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam today and in their section on very old coins, nearly all of them were rounded, similar to most coins today. Why has that been true throughout history?

Historians who are know to be unreliable or who have an agenda.

Also, did the Legere / Light infantry regiments really have a different doctrine compared to regular doctrine?

Thanks in advance! :)

By "individualisation" I mean the idea, that everyone can have a personal relationship with God, and that the acts of every individual have an impact on the salvation of the group.

A follow-up question would be: "Was there a similar movement in other religions? Have some religions always been individualistic?"

Seems kind of dangerous to me

Gordon Moore mentions the use of semiconductors in the Apollo program in his 1965 "paper", four years before the moon landing in 1969.

If this is the wrong subreddit and the question is not "human" enough, then please point me in the right direction. Thanks :)

All the creation myths I've glanced at on wikipedia seem to have some kind of deity involved (though not always a humanoid). Is this selection bias, since creation in this context always presupposes a creator/agent/god and are there other historical myths about how everything came to be? The same question applies to how humans came to be (if they were not already part of "everything" coming into existence).

Basically, I was wondering what an atheist/agnostic would have thought on these subjects throughout history/cultures (apart from a kind of steady-state approach).

why did they care what happened to japan once they weren’t a threat any more?

I looked through the FAQ and search function and was very surprised that I couldn't find this question before. If I simply missed it could someone please direct me to the appropriate thread?

I'm writing an academic and have lost my references. I'm not sure where i read it, but i read somewhere that at one point lesbianism in Rome was technically legal (albeit frowned upon) because it would not result in unwanted pregnancies.

While we're at it was bronze ever considered more valuable than silver?

In his violent campaigns for Sulla, it seems Pompey earned himself the nickname Adulscentulus Carnifex or ‘Teenage Butcher’. However I'm not sure which Roman writer first referred to him in this way. So what is the primary source for his nickname?

I was reading a novel set in 1943 where one character makes a joke to the other about superman. There both supposed to be RAF officers in their late 20s

Based on accounts I've read so far, written records about the Philippine Islands only became prevalent after the arrival of the Spanish. Given this, does anyone truly know what the culture was like and how societies ran? It all seems mysterious to me.

Please enlighten me.