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How sure are we that Socrates even existed? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 week ago by tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/askhistorians@lemmy.world
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[–] zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What happened here? @mod?

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Looking at modlog, the answers so far were not factual enough

[–] tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Seems to be a result of the new rules changes.