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Was Bacchanalia really the depraved drunken cult that it's usually portrayed as or did the Roman state persecute it for social/political reasons and tint accounts of it?

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Theatre is an important outlet for LGBT expression and the exploration of social issues surrounding the LGBT community in the 20th/21st C. How and why did theatre become such an important venue for this kind of commentary?

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Latin American machismo is an important part of South American culture but how did the native American cultures view masculinity before Spanish colonization? What was "macho" in preColumbian South America?

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In Antiquity drunkenness and alcohol dependence were recognized as problems and even health problems to a degree. What medicinal treatments and theories (if any) surrounded the issue?

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2nd Time Asking: Was there an actual increase of Satanism/Cultic practice in the 80s or was the whole thing a figment of the public imagination?

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Did Goth/Emo subculture emerge wholly out of the music scene or was it influenced by other social or cultural phenomena?

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In book IV of his poetry Propertius is visited by the shade of his dead lover Cynthia and that got me wondering. What did the ancient Romans think of "ghosts" and how does it compare to the modern concept?

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Who would have manufactured armor and weapons for the Roman legions?

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Apparently Pharaohs would often have multiple wives with children and their firstborn/favourite son became Pharaoh. What happened to the other ones?

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Was open-mouth friendship kissing really a thing in the first half of the 20th Century?

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Was Bacchanalia really the depraved drunken cult that it's usually portrayed as or did the Roman state persecute it for social/political reasons and tint accounts of it?	31
Theatre is an important outlet for LGBT expression and the exploration of social issues surrounding the LGBT community in the 20th/21st C. How and why did theatre become such an important venue for this kind of commentary?	31
Latin American machismo is an important part of South American culture but how did the native American cultures view masculinity before Spanish colonization? What was "macho" in preColumbian South America?	31
In Antiquity drunkenness and alcohol dependence were recognized as problems and even health problems to a degree. What medicinal treatments and theories (if any) surrounded the issue?	29
2nd Time Asking: Was there an actual increase of Satanism/Cultic practice in the 80s or was the whole thing a figment of the public imagination?	28
Did Goth/Emo subculture emerge wholly out of the music scene or was it influenced by other social or cultural phenomena?	27
In book IV of his poetry Propertius is visited by the shade of his dead lover Cynthia and that got me wondering. What did the ancient Romans think of "ghosts" and how does it compare to the modern concept?	27
Who would have manufactured armor and weapons for the Roman legions?	27
Apparently Pharaohs would often have multiple wives with children and their firstborn/favourite son became Pharaoh. What happened to the other ones?	27
Was open-mouth friendship kissing really a thing in the first half of the 20th Century?	26