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Say I am an Italian lord in the 10th century, considering that many of the foods we would associate with being Italian don't exist yet, and many new world ingredients are yet to be discovered. What would I ACTUALLY eat?	321
The Roman state, be it in the form of Kingdom, Republic or empire stood for hundreds of years. During that time, it must have built up a national identity within its many subjects. How long after it's collapse did people continue to identify as Roman, and when did the last "Romans" finally die off?	230
Was the colonization of the Americas really the 1 sided butcher that European history portrays it as?	47
When did people stop being "Roman"?	15
I remember hearing about how the Manhatten project was heavily infiltrated by the soviets, and that made me wonder, how serious of a threat to america was pre cold war esponage? Was there any pre cold war events of America being seriously compromised by forgien agents?	14
Dubbed shellshock in world war 1, PTSD has been a tragically common issue on the modern battlefield. However, it must have existed before hand even if stigmatized. How common are accounts of pre ww1 wartime trauma? Especially in Pre gunpowder warfare.	7
The Roman state, be it in the form of Kingdom, Republic or empire stood for hundreds of years. During that time, it must have built up a national identity within its many subjects. How long then after it's collapse did people continue to identify as "Roman" and when did that identity truly die?	4
After American victory in the war of independence, how much did the influence of the remaining monarchists help to shape the early republic?	4
Multiple empires had managed to spread the Greek pantheon across most of the known world. How did the Greco-Roman religion manage to go from one of the most followed on the planet, to being driven into obscurity by Christianity in a few hundred years, why did this never happen to its replacement?	2
When did the old Helenic religions truly die?	2

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