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Why did Napoleon march towards Moscow, burning it, rather than doing it against St Petersburg, the actual capital of the Russian Empire?

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When did the Romans stop calling or considering themselves as such and evolved into modern day Italians?

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Did the Romans refer to themselves as "Itali" or "Italici" too, apart from the standard "Romani" and "Quirites"?

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What were the effects of Giovanni Giolitti's policies in Italy, after his governments? How does historiography view at the ideas, actions and ideology of this "two-faced" important statesman?

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Why did Corsica remain french after the napoleonic age rather than being ceded to Sardinia-Piedmont, the rightful successor and official inheritor of Genoa's republic?

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Was Rome the only republican super power before the modern age? If yes, why so?

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Why did Napoleon march towards Moscow, burning it, rather than doing it against St Petersburg, the actual capital of the Russian Empire?	392
When did the Romans stop calling or considering themselves as such and evolved into modern day Italians?	60
Did the Romans refer to themselves as "Itali" or "Italici" too, apart from the standard "Romani" and "Quirites"?	28
What were the effects of Giovanni Giolitti's policies in Italy, after his governments? How does historiography view at the ideas, actions and ideology of this "two-faced" important statesman?	11
Why did Corsica remain french after the napoleonic age rather than being ceded to Sardinia-Piedmont, the rightful successor and official inheritor of Genoa's republic?	5
Was Rome the only republican super power before the modern age? If yes, why so?	1