What’s a Historical “Truth” You’ve Changed Your Mind About?

One of the things that interests me most about history is how provisional it really is.

Not in the sense that “anything goes,” but in the sense that what we accept as settled truth is often shaped by the evidence available at the time, the methods used to interpret it, and the assumptions we bring with us.

Many of us were taught versions of history that later turned out to be incomplete, oversimplified, or quietly wrong. Sometimes new archaeology changes the picture. Sometimes it is a shift in perspective. Sometimes it is just reading one good book at the right moment.

So I’m curious:

Is there a historical belief you once held that you later revised or abandoned?
Was it because of new evidence, or a new way of looking at old evidence?
Did it change how you think about a period, a place, or a people?

It does not have to be ancient history. It can be modern, political, cultural, or even something very local.

Short answers are fine. Long answers are welcome.

This community is about thinking in public, not being “right.”

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