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When Rome was sacked in 410, where were the legions?

154 upvotes • Ynwe

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What italian food looks like before 1498?

154 upvotes • kill4588

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"John" is a boy's name. "Mary" is a girl's. Have sex-specific first names always been the standard for most peoples? If so, why?

154 upvotes • tea_and_biology

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Traditionally, at what level would a non-eldest son descendant no longer be considered in the British Aristocracy?

154 upvotes • jb13635

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Would The Offspring of Roman Soldiers Whom Had Slept With Local Women In The Provinces They've Conqured be Given Citizenship/Any Rights of Romans. NSFW

154 upvotes • itsopossumnotpossum

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In the HBO miniseries "John Adams", Louis XVI is portrayed as at first being surprised and then completely amused by the fact that Adams could not speak French. Would the prospect of someone of Adams' social status or political importance not speaking French really be such an oddity?

154 upvotes • Gracchus__Babeuf

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[Review] Banastre Tarleton's thoughts on the film The Patriot (2001) by Roland Emmerich

154 upvotes • GeneralLeeBlount

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USMC historical tradition tells that sniper Carlos Hathcock crawled for four days to shoot a North Vietnamese General during a volunteer assignment. Is there any information about this assignment?

154 upvotes • Croatian_Hitman

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Was the beverage "pasca" really a "pick-me-up" for Romans?

154 upvotes • jxcartier

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How did the US Navy come up with its World War II era ship-naming conventions, and when and why did it abandon them?

154 upvotes • Kochevnik81

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When Rome was sacked in 410, where were the legions?	154	Ynwe
What italian food looks like before 1498?	154	kill4588
"John" is a boy's name. "Mary" is a girl's. Have sex-specific first names always been the standard for most peoples? If so, why?	154	tea_and_biology
Traditionally, at what level would a non-eldest son descendant no longer be considered in the British Aristocracy?	154	jb13635
Would The Offspring of Roman Soldiers Whom Had Slept With Local Women In The Provinces They've Conqured be Given Citizenship/Any Rights of Romans. NSFW	154	itsopossumnotpossum
In the HBO miniseries "John Adams", Louis XVI is portrayed as at first being surprised and then completely amused by the fact that Adams could not speak French. Would the prospect of someone of Adams' social status or political importance not speaking French really be such an oddity?	154	Gracchus__Babeuf
[Review] Banastre Tarleton's thoughts on the film The Patriot (2001) by Roland Emmerich	154	GeneralLeeBlount
USMC historical tradition tells that sniper Carlos Hathcock crawled for four days to shoot a North Vietnamese General during a volunteer assignment. Is there any information about this assignment?	154	Croatian_Hitman
Was the beverage "pasca" really a "pick-me-up" for Romans?	154	jxcartier
How did the US Navy come up with its World War II era ship-naming conventions, and when and why did it abandon them?	154	Kochevnik81