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When reading about the Roman and Greek states, the Iranian empires (Achaemenid, Arsacid, Sassanid) are, sometimes, portrayed as a hindrance and/or nuisance in the flow of trade between the west and east; does this have any merit?

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Were Greek city-states under Roman (before the west-east split) rule allowed to field armies, or do any combat with neighboring city-states?

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Why did Xerxes I use Elamite in the inscription at Van?

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What do we know about the first king/ruler(s) of Norway?

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Were the french nearing a collapse in 1918? WW1

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Did the ancient Romans see themselves as having always been civilized? Or did they recognize having been, "as barbaric as their neighbors", at one point?

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Besides defending against foreign threats or rebellions, what would, in the Roman Empire, cause the "federal"/central authority to intervene in a province? Would for example a minor (not affecting the entire province) famine be left without any extra resources diverted?

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What do we know about the first king that styled himself as king of Norway?

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Did the other subjugated peoples of the Achaemenid Empire (specifically the Egyptians and Babylonians) hear about the Persian failures in the Greco-Persian Wars? Did they even know or care about the Persian being in Greece at all?

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Do we have any evidence that Octavian, after his victory in the last republican civil war, changed or distorted the late republics history to his own benefit?

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When reading about the Roman and Greek states, the Iranian empires (Achaemenid, Arsacid, Sassanid) are, sometimes, portrayed as a hindrance and/or nuisance in the flow of trade between the west and east; does this have any merit?	9
Were Greek city-states under Roman (before the west-east split) rule allowed to field armies, or do any combat with neighboring city-states?	8
Why did Xerxes I use Elamite in the inscription at Van?	8
What do we know about the first king/ruler(s) of Norway?	8
Were the french nearing a collapse in 1918? WW1	8
Did the ancient Romans see themselves as having always been civilized? Or did they recognize having been, "as barbaric as their neighbors", at one point?	7
Besides defending against foreign threats or rebellions, what would, in the Roman Empire, cause the "federal"/central authority to intervene in a province? Would for example a minor (not affecting the entire province) famine be left without any extra resources diverted?	7
What do we know about the first king that styled himself as king of Norway?	6
Did the other subjugated peoples of the Achaemenid Empire (specifically the Egyptians and Babylonians) hear about the Persian failures in the Greco-Persian Wars? Did they even know or care about the Persian being in Greece at all?	5
Do we have any evidence that Octavian, after his victory in the last republican civil war, changed or distorted the late republics history to his own benefit?	4