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What do the two different kinds of sources used most by historians to answer questions about the past include?
primary and secondary sources.
What source do historians use to answer questions?
They use primary and secondary sources
What are the two sources that historians use?
primary sources and secondary sources.
What historians think about Augustus Caesar?
There are three categories for historians and their source material: Primary: ancient historians existed at the time of the event Secondary: ancient historians existed after the event and analysed/used primary sources modern: Modern historaians who use either of the above majority of the primary sources do not criticize Augustus and idolize him, in contrast some secondary sources like Tacitus hate Augustus Overall however it is agreed(by many modern historians) that Augustus was emperor because of his freinds Marcus vipsanius Agrippa and Gaius Maecanus. The primary sources(historians) were either sychophantic or terrified of persecution by Augustus, the Secondary sources are also biased because they were hired by patrons with vested interests in Augustus's depiction. In short thereare a range of views all with their own bias.
How do historians try to address the bias of all sources?
Cross-checking sources against other evidence. However, there's no 'patent recipe' for dealing with problems of bias in sources.
