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Under the Marian Reforms, enlistment in the Roman Army was opened to the landless classes. Legionaries were granted land after completing their period of service( 25 years) How many Legionaries would actually survive to complete their term? How many could the state afford to survive?

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During the heyday period of Shanghaiing( seamen being tricked\coerced into service on a vessel) if a crew consisting mostly of men who had been Shanghaid mutinied did they face legal persecution or were they protected legally since they were forced into service?

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Upon returning from the european theatre of WW1 would it have been in anyway common for returning US vets to become involved in Prohibtion era crime?

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In Classical Athens in the time when Ostracism was happening. Would there have been election campaigns/seasons similar to our modern elections , posters, speeches,debates etc where the political class would try to influence the masses to banish the individual who they wanted to get rid of?

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Do we have any writings from captured slaves from citystate conflicts in ancient greece.

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Has there ever been a Royal who turned to a life of crime?

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Under the Marian Reforms, enlistment in the Roman Army was opened to the landless classes. Legionaries were granted land after completing their period of service( 25 years) How many Legionaries would actually survive to complete their term? How many could the state afford to survive?	811
During the heyday period of Shanghaiing( seamen being tricked\coerced into service on a vessel) if a crew consisting mostly of men who had been Shanghaid mutinied did they face legal persecution or were they protected legally since they were forced into service?	12
Upon returning from the european theatre of WW1 would it have been in anyway common for returning US vets to become involved in Prohibtion era crime?	6
In Classical Athens in the time when Ostracism was happening. Would there have been election campaigns/seasons similar to our modern elections , posters, speeches,debates etc where the political class would try to influence the masses to banish the individual who they wanted to get rid of?	5
Do we have any writings from captured slaves from citystate conflicts in ancient greece.	1
Has there ever been a Royal who turned to a life of crime?	1