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How would a couple living in a time and place such as Ancient Rome go about proving to someone skeptical that they were, in fact, legally married to each other? Was there some kind of ancient marriage registry office issuing licenses and doing annulments and divorces back then?

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How did the flag come to be so universally adopted by the countries of the world as an official national symbol?

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How would a couple living in a time and place such as Ancient Rome go about proving to someone skeptical that they were, in fact, legally married to each other? Was there some kind of ancient marriage registry office issuing licenses and doing annulments and divorces back then?	259
How did the flag come to be so universally adopted by the countries of the world as an official national symbol?	22