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How were Athenian Cleruchies governed? Did they have a mini version of the government in Athens in each Cleruchy, or were they more/less democratic?	7
How interrelated is the ecclesiastical hierarchy of Roman Catholicism to that of the Ancient Roman religion? I know that they had Augurs in a special priestly roles but did they have equivalents to Bishops, Cardinals, the Pope?	6
I read some interesting things about Québec’s french population and their ancestry relative to that of Acadia: that the ancestors of both were largely from separate areas of France and that Québec has a huge “founder effect.”	6
I’ve seen a few possible starts to the history of Messina in Sicily. One of them being that refugees from Messene in Greece colonized it after losing to the Spartans. If true, did they ever try to support Helot revolts in any way?	6
Did significant numbers of ethnic Latins actually migrate around the Roman Republic and Empire, and consequently leave a genetic mark on conquered territories, or were the “Romans” in far flung lands mostly just acculturated peoples?	6
What effect did the Black Death have on Patrician status in Venice? The “Great Council Lockout” whereby membership in the Great Council started to become hereditary began in 1297, 50 years prior to the pandemic, did the death toll reopen admittance to increase numbers?	6
Do we know how the general population of the Eastern Mediterranean was affected by the Bronze Age Collapse? Did the population of the region go down? Were they more or less urbanized as a result?	6
I often find myself reading about Kings during the High Middle Ages that had terrible relationships with their Lords and fought wars like King John of England. Are there any notable examples that monarchs that had especially good relations with their lords during this time period?	6
Were there ever any historical melee combat forms that made use of two swords?	6
What did the Ancient Greeks make of the Arcadocypriot language spoken in Arcadia and Cyprus?	6

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