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Romans threatening to throw someone to the lions is a running gag in Asterix. How common was it really as a punishment, and for what crimes would it be proscribed?
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How were the Ottomans able to conquer the entire eastern Mediterranean using the same core territories as the Byzantines, who had barely been able to expand?
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What factors have contributed to the stability of Canada, the USA, and Australia compared to most other post-colonial nations?
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Early Christians seem intolerant of 'heretics' compared to their pagan contemporaries. Is this a correct impression, and if so, what caused this difference?
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Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter were named after living Olympian gods. Yet Saturn is named after Jupiter's dead father. Why was Saturn named after a titan when all the other known planets were named after Olympians?
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