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If I was a male citizen of an ancient Greek city, that now was at war with its neighboring greek city, what would happen to me leading up to the eventual battle? Would I be expected to prepare, by doing certain things like buying my own equipment?

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What buildings or structures would in most Roman cities, be owned by the Roman state? Would private property account for a large portion of the cities area?

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If I was a person living at, or near the bottom of Roman society, and not in a city, how would I know I lived in the Roman empire? What interactions would I have directly with the government itself?

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Would a ship of the line, in for example the Napoleonic wars, have all guns loaded and ready to fire when expecting a fight? Or would they be loaded as needed?

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If I was a murderer in ancient Rome (republic or empire), how would I carry the body out of the city in broad daylight? What would I dress in/do, so that it made sense for others that I was carrying a corpse?

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Are we able to determine when the Roman economy was at its peak? Is there a period where we can say that it definitely was in the "best condition"?

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Are there any examples during World War 1, of a neutral nation having military observers on both sides of the same front?

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Why did the Romans use "cavalry masks", and where they the only ones to use them?

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If writing, as in "encoding" phonetic value from a language, appeared before 3000BC, why is the first coherent, translated, text from Peribsen's tomb (2600 BC)?

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When Christianity established itself in Scandinavia, I understand some churches seems to have been built (purposefully) on-top of pagan religious sites; other than at Uppsala, do we have evidence any more temples?

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If I was a male citizen of an ancient Greek city, that now was at war with its neighboring greek city, what would happen to me leading up to the eventual battle? Would I be expected to prepare, by doing certain things like buying my own equipment?	17	AskHistorians
What buildings or structures would in most Roman cities, be owned by the Roman state? Would private property account for a large portion of the cities area?	16	AskHistorians
If I was a person living at, or near the bottom of Roman society, and not in a city, how would I know I lived in the Roman empire? What interactions would I have directly with the government itself?	14	AskHistorians
Would a ship of the line, in for example the Napoleonic wars, have all guns loaded and ready to fire when expecting a fight? Or would they be loaded as needed?	13	AskHistorians
If I was a murderer in ancient Rome (republic or empire), how would I carry the body out of the city in broad daylight? What would I dress in/do, so that it made sense for others that I was carrying a corpse?	13	AskHistorians
Are we able to determine when the Roman economy was at its peak? Is there a period where we can say that it definitely was in the "best condition"?	12	AskHistorians
Are there any examples during World War 1, of a neutral nation having military observers on both sides of the same front?	11	AskHistorians
Why did the Romans use "cavalry masks", and where they the only ones to use them?	11	AskHistorians
If writing, as in "encoding" phonetic value from a language, appeared before 3000BC, why is the first coherent, translated, text from Peribsen's tomb (2600 BC)?	10	AskHistorians
When Christianity established itself in Scandinavia, I understand some churches seems to have been built (purposefully) on-top of pagan religious sites; other than at Uppsala, do we have evidence any more temples?	10	AskHistorians