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Later generations saw the Victorians as prudish and repressive. How did the Victorians see their parents, so to speak?

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Cleopatra gives rare insider look at her fashion routine

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Any good recommendations for learning about the political structure of Celtic society?

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What do we know about the people living in Britain at the time of Julius Caesar's invasion?

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How has the excavation of West African cities like Jenne-Jenno and Timbuktu changed the way that archaeologists and historians think about the history of urbanism?

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Monasteries were a big deal in Medieval Europe, but how did that happen? How and why did monastic orders develop into large, well organized, cornerstones of Medieval society?

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Who would the typical castrato be before they were well, castrati?

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Why did the Roman toga become an exclusively male garment when (according to wikipedia) it was unisex in Greece where it originated?

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Roman and Hellenistic elites read a lot of Classical and Archaic Greek literature. Do we know how accurate their perception of Greek history was? Did they have a pretty good understanding of ancient Greek culture or was it more their own interpretation?

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What would the family life of an aristocratic Roman be like?

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Later generations saw the Victorians as prudish and repressive. How did the Victorians see their parents, so to speak?	14
Cleopatra gives rare insider look at her fashion routine	14
Any good recommendations for learning about the political structure of Celtic society?	13
What do we know about the people living in Britain at the time of Julius Caesar's invasion?	13
How has the excavation of West African cities like Jenne-Jenno and Timbuktu changed the way that archaeologists and historians think about the history of urbanism?	13
Monasteries were a big deal in Medieval Europe, but how did that happen? How and why did monastic orders develop into large, well organized, cornerstones of Medieval society?	13
Who would the typical castrato be before they were well, castrati?	13
Why did the Roman toga become an exclusively male garment when (according to wikipedia) it was unisex in Greece where it originated?	12
Roman and Hellenistic elites read a lot of Classical and Archaic Greek literature. Do we know how accurate their perception of Greek history was? Did they have a pretty good understanding of ancient Greek culture or was it more their own interpretation?	12
What would the family life of an aristocratic Roman be like?	12