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What did healthcare look like for a pregnant queen in the Middle Ages in Europe?

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Did Rome ever grant humorous citizenships? For example, we often see mayoral dogs or library cats, or the humorous acceptance of Emperor Norton. Did Rome ever do the same to people who otherwise would not have been admitted?

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In several media depictions, when combatants in trench warfare placed barbed wire they would do it under cover of night and use cloth to dampen the noise of their hammers. Are there any sources that directly mention this?

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In the Historia Civilis video "Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)" he says that Cicero strongly rebuked the veracity of an extant prophecy that "only a king could defeat the Parthians." Does anyone know exactly where this claim is sourced from?

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What did healthcare look like for a pregnant queen in the Middle Ages in Europe?	1749
Did Rome ever grant humorous citizenships? For example, we often see mayoral dogs or library cats, or the humorous acceptance of Emperor Norton. Did Rome ever do the same to people who otherwise would not have been admitted?	22
In several media depictions, when combatants in trench warfare placed barbed wire they would do it under cover of night and use cloth to dampen the noise of their hammers. Are there any sources that directly mention this?	6
In the Historia Civilis video "Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)" he says that Cicero strongly rebuked the veracity of an extant prophecy that "only a king could defeat the Parthians." Does anyone know exactly where this claim is sourced from?	3