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r/AskHistorians

1,799 upvotes

Aug 1, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC

Posted by /u/fuzzus628

Gaming historians, I know you're out there -- where did the "three pillars" RPG game design (tank, healer, DPS) originate, and how has it evolved from its earliest incarnations?

I was thinking about how homogenized a lot of modern MMORPG classes have become into these three roles, and remembering how things used to feel different way back when. When I realized that WoW is over 20 years old now, I knew to turn to this sub for an answer! When and with wha…

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r/AskHistorians

1,075 upvotes

Aug 4, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC

Posted by /u/afrophysicist

When Euripidies wrote The Trojan Woman, a retelling of the Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy, was there a contemporary backlash against this, similar to what we would recognise today?

In modern literature and cinema, the recasting or refocusing of stories onto women often provokes a furious backlash (i.e., some of the reaction to Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey). Was there anything similar when Euripidies wrote The Trojan Women? Was he accused of su…

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r/AskHistorians

1,027 upvotes

Aug 3, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC

Posted by /u/Jaredlong

Why did Albert Einstein become so famous? I understand WHAT he is famous for, but I don't understand why his work made him an international celebrity and a household name.

Brownian motion, general relativity, special relativity, E=mc2. I know WHAT Einstein is famous for and this is not a question about the importance of his scientific contribution. My question is why did Einstein reach a level of such legendary fame that his very name became synon…

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