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Austria's Parliament was built in 1883 and features a large statue of a pagan Greek goddess, Athena, among many other pagan Greco-Roman statues. Was this controversial in a deeply Catholic country in the 19th century?

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Putting aside his thesis about Rome's fall, what are some specific historical facts we now think Gibbon got wrong in his "Decline and Fall"?

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How did Germany's losses in the Battle of Britain affect plans for Operation Barbarossa?

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Ben Jonson famously said Shakespeare had "Small Latin and less Greek." How unusual would it have been for someone of Shakespeare's background and education not to know either of these languages?

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I'm a sailor in the Imperial Roman navy. How likely is it that I'll have to deal with disparaging comments and being looked down on for being in the "inferior" service of the Roman military?

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I'm a young citizen of the Roman Empire in 100 AD and I want to become a member of the Praetorian Guard because of its better pay and benefits compared to that of the army. How do I do this and is there any way I can make my "application" more competitive?

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Why did Germany start the Battle of Britain when it could have put all of those planes into the Soviet invasion instead?

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Of the neutral countries in the Second World War, was there one whose allegiance was most sought after by the Allies and/or Axis?

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Austria's Parliament was built in 1883 and features a large statue of a pagan Greek goddess, Athena, among many other pagan Greco-Roman statues. Was this controversial in a deeply Catholic country in the 19th century?	9
Putting aside his thesis about Rome's fall, what are some specific historical facts we now think Gibbon got wrong in his "Decline and Fall"?	9
How did Germany's losses in the Battle of Britain affect plans for Operation Barbarossa?	7
Ben Jonson famously said Shakespeare had "Small Latin and less Greek." How unusual would it have been for someone of Shakespeare's background and education not to know either of these languages?	3
I'm a sailor in the Imperial Roman navy. How likely is it that I'll have to deal with disparaging comments and being looked down on for being in the "inferior" service of the Roman military?	3
I'm a young citizen of the Roman Empire in 100 AD and I want to become a member of the Praetorian Guard because of its better pay and benefits compared to that of the army. How do I do this and is there any way I can make my "application" more competitive?	3
Why did Germany start the Battle of Britain when it could have put all of those planes into the Soviet invasion instead?	2
Of the neutral countries in the Second World War, was there one whose allegiance was most sought after by the Allies and/or Axis?	2