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I've heard the poet Sappho was supposedly married to Kerkylas of Andros, but that this would translate to "Dick Allcocks of Man Island" - how much truth is there to this?

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How did Romans prove citizenship?

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What did non-Roman Italian armies look like? Was there significantly different equipment used by the Etruscans, Samnites and Romans etc.?

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Following the first World War, is it true there was a 'pan-cultural obsession with physical fitness', and was it to create more 'fit soldiers'?

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I've heard the poet Sappho was supposedly married to Kerkylas of Andros, but that this would translate to "Dick Allcocks of Man Island" - how much truth is there to this?	1752
How did Romans prove citizenship?	72
What did non-Roman Italian armies look like? Was there significantly different equipment used by the Etruscans, Samnites and Romans etc.?	12
Following the first World War, is it true there was a 'pan-cultural obsession with physical fitness', and was it to create more 'fit soldiers'?	2