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Were there professional sports/sporting leagues played during the Roman Empire like how we have the MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL today?	2
What are some really cool, innovative, but ultimately relatively unknown ancient technologies that few people know about nowadays?	2
What happened to the Baltic and Eastern German populations at the end of WWII? Were they just pushed West into what is now Germany?	2
What do the Venetian and Ottoman sources each have to say about the Morean War? What was the reaction in Venice to finally winning a major war against the Ottomans?	2
What are some good examples of armies and cultures in ancient history that valued calisthenics, conditioning, and strength training relative to the benefits for the armies themselves? Did it have a substantial impact on the quality of the soldiers and armies in general?	2
What is the term in mythology/religion whereby someone becomes a god through ascendance?	1
Did the Founding Fathers of the USA entertain any other designations for the Chief Executive other than President before settling on President?	1
I know that one of the reasons for Greek colonization in the antiquities was to ease population pressure. At around what population level/number would large cities start to consider another colonization push to ease growing pains?	1
As a non-American I find the Confederate flag visually appealing but the history behind it obviously changes the appeal. Are there other famous flags that are historically reviled while being nice to behold aesthetically?	1
Did people from the non-Italian provinces move in relatively large numbers to other parts of the Roman Empire at all? If yes, did this happen fairly frequently and were there noticeable demographic effects?	1

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